Most Latin American presidential systems have runoff elections if the first place candidate fails to meet a legal threshold. However, Mexico is not one of them, important when considering that three of the last four presidential elections resulted in winners with less than half of the vote. The 2000 election ended the PRI’s 74 years […] Read more
Dutch voters on Monday headed to the polls in a general election that is largely seen as a referendum on the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Incumbent and caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his center-right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) are expected to win a fourth term in office, although his party […] Read more
Joe Biden delivered a scathing critique of the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic during a drive-in rally in Philadelphia, telling his supporters that the future of the country is in the hands of Pennsylvania voters. “Pennsylvania is critical to this election,” the former vice president said, as supporters honked their car horns in […] Read more
The sudden resignation of three ministers has revealed a deep split in interim President Jeanine Anez’s administration. It is the latest crisis to rock her government before the country heads to the polls on October 18. Three top Bolivian officials resigned on Monday, plunging interim President Jeanine Anez’s government into a crisis just weeks ahead of the […] Read more
Australians’ trust in China has dropped to a record low amid the coronavirus crisis, according to an annual nationwide poll conducted by think tank, Lowy Institute. Only 23% of Australians surveyed said they “trust” China “somewhat or a lot to act responsibly in the world,” compared to 52% in the same poll conducted in 2018. […] Read more
President Trump is in a political hole and has a lot of ground to make up over the next five months if he hopes to win another term, an NPR analysis of the Electoral College map finds. Given his handling of the coronavirus and protests over racism and police brutality in the first six months […] Read more
The economy is a key 2020 election issue The economy is a key issue for independent voters, with theelectionsobserver.com survey finding 48% citing the economy as a top issue they will vote on in 2020. But the roughly one-third of independents who already lean Democratic — an assumption based on existing national polling — can be […] Read more
The impeachment process has left the president seemingly in a more powerful position – but some experts believe Democrats ‘had to do it’ Donald Trump’s acquittal brought to an end a battle that the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, never wanted in the first place and could pose future problems for the Democratic party as it […] Read more
Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang said that if he is elected to serve in the White House, he is prepared to empower the consumer to kickstart the economy if it slips into a recession. Yang told Elections Observer’s Deirdre Bosa that he “would start putting more economic buying power into people’s hands so that we […] Read more
Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg’s campaign hired a contractor that used prison labor to make phone calls for the former New York mayor’s White House bid. The Intercept first reported that ProCom, a New Jersey-based company hired by the Bloomberg campaign through a third-party vendor, operates two call centers out of state prisons in Oklahoma. […] Read more
