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Somaliland presidential election: 7 things about why polls in Somalia’s breakaway region matter
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Somaliland presidential election: 7 things about why polls in Somalia’s breakaway region matter

Firstpost  

Presidential elections in Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia, will define the political landscape of the East African region as the region plays a key role in the power dynamics of both Somalia and Ethiopia Women sit down on the floor as they wait to cast their vote during the 2024 Somaliland presidential election, at a polling station in Hargeisa, …

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Just how accurate are the latest Trump and Harris polls?
2 months ago

Just how accurate are the latest Trump and Harris polls?

The Independent  

When Donald Trump left office, the polling organisation, Gallup, reported that he had a 38 per cent job approval rating – an abysmally low number. The Iowa finding, made yesterday, threw a grenade into the sums, as it’s not a swing state but a safe Republican state – and therefore, it was assumed, locked in for Trump. But each of …

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Trump Harris polls: Is the U.S. presidential election making you nervous? Read this.
55 years ago

Trump Harris polls: Is the U.S. presidential election making you nervous? Read this.

Slate  

Welcome to How Good Is This, Really?—renamed from the original How Bad Is This, Really?—a recurring feature in which we take the temperature of the presidential election and what seems likely to happen in November. While COVID is still around, most Democrats don’t consider it a major enough threat to avoid public places, which means some of them might be …

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U.S. presidential election: This could be great news for Kamala Harris.
3 months ago

U.S. presidential election: This could be great news for Kamala Harris.

Slate  

Welcome to How Good Is This, Really?—renamed from the original How Bad Is This, Really?—a recurring feature in which we take the temperature of the presidential election and what seems likely to happen in November. And throughout all of that … the polls and the forecast odds stayed pretty much the same, with Kamala Harris as a very slight favorite …

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U.S. Presidential polls: In-person voting begins, kicking off the sprint to Election Day
3 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S. Presidential polls: In-person voting begins, kicking off the sprint to Election Day

The Hindu  

In-person voting for this year’s presidential election began Friday, a milestone that kicked off a six-week sprint to Election Day after a summer of political turmoil. Chris Burda, 74, said she is encouraging others to get their ballots in early “to avoid potential disruption on Election Day or in-person voting by a certain party who seems to be interested in …

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Trump-Harris debate live: Trump refuses to agree to second debate – unless on his terms
4 months ago

Trump-Harris debate live: Trump refuses to agree to second debate – unless on his terms

The Telegraph  

Donald Trump suggested he would not debate Kamala Harris again unless it was on his own terms after a bruising head-to-head against the vice-president. Trump lashed out at the ABC News network that hosted Tuesday night’s debate, which viewers and critics agreed he lost to Ms Harris after a string of outbursts. He blamed the “terrible network” and on Wednesday …

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Biden says he’s 'not confident' of a peaceful transfer of power if Trump loses
5 months ago

Biden says he’s 'not confident' of a peaceful transfer of power if Trump loses

NPR  

Biden says he’s 'not confident' of a peaceful transfer of power if Trump loses toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images President Biden says he bowed out of the 2024 presidential election to avoid creating a “distraction” in what he characterized as a high-stakes race that would determine the future of the country for decades to come. Speaking on CBS …

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Iran presses on with crackdown over headscarf ahead of Presidential polls
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Iran presses on with crackdown over headscarf ahead of Presidential polls

The Hindu  

Almost every afternoon in Iran’s capital, police vans rush to major Tehran squares and intersections to search for women with loose headscarves and those who dare not to wear them at all. Iran’s national police chief, Gen. Ahmad Reza Radan, has alleged without providing evidence that the country’s enemies plan to transform the nation’s culture by encouraging women to avoid …

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A violent, polarized Mexico goes to the polls to choose between 2 women presidential candidates
7 months, 1 week ago

A violent, polarized Mexico goes to the polls to choose between 2 women presidential candidates

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico goes into Sunday’s election deeply divided: friends and relatives no longer talk politics for fear of worsening unbridgeable divides, while drug cartels have split the country into a patchwork quilt of warring fiefdoms. Soledad Echagoyen, a Mexico City doctor who supports President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party, says she can no longer talk about politics …

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Donald Trump or Joe Biden? US stock market expert predicts presidential poll's surprising result basis indices movement
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump or Joe Biden? US stock market expert predicts presidential poll's surprising result basis indices movement

Hindustan Times  

So who's winning US election, scheduled for 5 November 2024? On the back of a stiff neck on neck competition between Joe Biden and Donald Trump stock market has proven to be a reliable indicator in the past. Recent surveys of prominent prediction markets have shown a wide range of probabilities regarding President Joe Biden's chances of winning re-election, fluctuating …

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Pro-China leader Mohamed Muizzu wins Maldives presidential polls
1 year, 3 months ago

Pro-China leader Mohamed Muizzu wins Maldives presidential polls

Hindustan Times  

Progressive Party of Maldives candidate Mohamed Muizzu, won the Maldivian presidential elections on Saturday, Al Jazeera reported citing local media. After the results, Maldives President Ibrahim Solih conceded defeat in Saturday’s run-off vote and congratulated Muizzu “Congratulations to the winner of the presidential election @MMuizzu. Thank you to the MDP and AP members who worked together and to all the …

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Singapore’s Indian-origin ex-minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam wins presidential polls
1 year, 4 months ago

Singapore’s Indian-origin ex-minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam wins presidential polls

Firstpost  

The 66-year-old former senior minister bagged 70.4 per cent of the 2.48 million votes cast, while his Chinese-origin rivals Ng Kok Song and Tan Kin Lian received 15.72 per cent and 13.88 per cent respectively Tharman Shanmugaratnam, an Indian-origin Singapore-born economist, registered a landslide victory in Singapore’s presidential election on Friday, winning over 70 per cent of votes in the …

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Vivek Ramaswamy is Hindu: Conservative Christian slams Presidential candidate as he rises in GOP polls
1 year, 5 months ago

Vivek Ramaswamy is Hindu: Conservative Christian slams Presidential candidate as he rises in GOP polls

Firstpost  

Abby Johnson, an anti-choice activist, expressed her concerns about Vivek Ramaswamy’s rise in the polls during the 2024 Republican presidential primary race As the 2024 Republican presidential primary race heats up, hedge fund financier Vivek Ramaswamy has emerged as a surprising contender. pic.twitter.com/ZlQUcxcTH9 — No Conversion August 3, 2023 Abby Johnson, an anti-choice activist, expressed her concerns about Vivek Ramaswamy’s …

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Guatemala elections: What you need to know
1 year, 6 months ago

Guatemala elections: What you need to know

Al Jazeera  

More than nine million Guatemalans are eligible to vote after divisive and turbulent general elections campaign. Rounding out the top three candidates heading into Sunday’s election is Zury Rios, a 55-year-old career politician and daughter of late military leader and de facto president General Efrain Rios Montt, who took power in a 1982 coup d’etat. “These elections are a trial …

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Turkey’s opposition claim ballot irregularities in Sunday’s polls
1 year, 7 months ago

Turkey’s opposition claim ballot irregularities in Sunday’s polls

Al Jazeera  

The CHP and YSP have voiced concerns and lodged complaints since Sunday about the discrepancies between the recorded count made at polling stations and the votes entered into the Supreme Election Council’s system. The Cumhuriyet Halk and the Yeşil Sol Party have voiced concerns and lodged complaints since Sunday about the discrepancies between recorded count made at polling stations and …

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Turkey opposition split as Aksener rejects presidential candidate
1 year, 10 months ago

Turkey opposition split as Aksener rejects presidential candidate

Al Jazeera  

Turkey’s right-wing IYI Party leader Meral Aksener has said that the country’s six-party opposition alliance no longer reflected the national will, signalling her party’s withdrawal from the grouping ahead of May elections. The other five parties in the alliance had agreed on Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party, as their joint candidate to challenge President Tayyip …

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Unpacking the results of Brazil’s heated presidential election
2 years, 3 months ago

Unpacking the results of Brazil’s heated presidential election

Al Jazeera  

The first round of voting in Brazil’s presidential election has failed to yield an outright winner, leading to a runoff on October 30. Here is what to know about Brazil’s presidential race after Sunday’s vote: Bolsonaro’s support is far from collapsing Bolsonaro received 6.1 million votes fewer than his main opponent, but his Liberal Party will surpass Lula’s Workers’ Party …

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Defying preelection polls, a divided Brazil heads to a presidential runoff
2 years, 3 months ago

Defying preelection polls, a divided Brazil heads to a presidential runoff

NPR  

Defying preelection polls, a divided Brazil heads to a presidential runoff Enlarge this image toggle caption Left: Ton Molina/AP; Right: Buda Mendes/Getty Images Left: Ton Molina/AP; Right: Buda Mendes/Getty Images SÃO PAULO, Brazil — A day after an inconclusive presidential election, Brazil is now bracing for a frantic four-week campaign ahead of a runoff vote that will pit leftist Luiz …

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Presidential polls is 'sideshow, main focus is...', says senior Congress leader
2 years, 3 months ago

Presidential polls is 'sideshow, main focus is...', says senior Congress leader

Hindustan Times  

Referring to the upcoming Congress presidential elections, MP Jairam Ramesh said on Friday that whatever is happening with the grand old party is only a “sideshow” and the main focus is on the ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’. Catch live updates of Congress president race here “Congress is the only party which has a system for electing a president…Every voter has …

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'Shared My Sentiments, Priority Is To Win 2023 Rajasthan Polls': Sachin Pilot After Meeting Sonia Gandhi
2 years, 3 months ago

'Shared My Sentiments, Priority Is To Win 2023 Rajasthan Polls': Sachin Pilot After Meeting Sonia Gandhi

ABP News  

New Delhi: Hours after Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced he would not contest the Congress Presidential elections, former deputy chief minister and his bete noire Sachin Pilot met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to discuss the events in the state and expressed his sentiments on the situation on Thursday. We'll have to work together: Sachin Pilot pic.twitter.com/6iDyBceZcE — ANI September …

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'Checkmated Pilot, again': BJP's Amit Malviya sniggers after Gehlot's big news
2 years, 3 months ago

'Checkmated Pilot, again': BJP's Amit Malviya sniggers after Gehlot's big news

Hindustan Times  

As Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot leaves the race to be the next Congress president, and veteran Digvijaya Singh joins it, the BJP on Thursday took the opportunity to launch a barrage of jibes at the grand old party. Taking to Twitter, BJP's IT-cell head Amit Malviya called Gehlot a “consummate politician”, and listed a series of consequences his decision …

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Shashi Tharoor Meets Digvijaya Singh Ahead Of Cong Prez Polls, Says 'Not A Battle Between Rivals But Friendly Contest'
2 years, 3 months ago

Shashi Tharoor Meets Digvijaya Singh Ahead Of Cong Prez Polls, Says 'Not A Battle Between Rivals But Friendly Contest'

ABP News  

New Delhi: Amid several fast-paced meetings in the run-up to the Congress Presidential elections, senior party leader Digvijaya Singh, who is likely to file his nomination for the president's post on Friday, met Shashi Tharoor, another contender for the top post and agreed that theirs is "not a battle between rivals but a friendly contest" among colleagues. We both agreed …

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'Won’t take sides': Sonia clears air as Gehlot meets her for Congress presidential polls
2 years, 3 months ago

'Won’t take sides': Sonia clears air as Gehlot meets her for Congress presidential polls

Hindustan Times  

During their meeting on Thursday at 10 Janpath in Delhi, Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi told Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot that she will not be taking any sides in the upcoming election for the next party president. She is said to have made the same point to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor when he met her two days ago to …

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Trinamool Congress to abstain from voting in vice presidential polls
2 years, 5 months ago

Trinamool Congress to abstain from voting in vice presidential polls

India Today  

The Trinamool Congress has decided to abstain from voting in the vice presidential elections as it does not agree with the way the Opposition candidate was decided without keeping the party in the loop. NDA has fielded former West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as its candidate for the vice presidential election, while the Opposition parties have fielded former Rajasthan governor …

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