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Among the leading politicians of the parties that overwhelmingly won the parliamentary elections – the neo-liberal Civic Platform and the conservative-populist Law and Justice – almost every face has been around since 1989.
Trump had dropped hints that he would pardon Manafort, but he was advised – and for once, he listened – that to do so before November’s midterm congressional elections would be catastrophic for the Republicans and therefore him.
After committing to a 17% reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions by 2020 – and despite his declaration that he would not tolerate inaction in this area – he simply stopped raising the issue after the Republicans’ sweeping victory in the November 2010 mid-term elections.
Many of these countries have elections; but, as has been said of Russia, while the candidates may surprise, the outcome is predictable.
But, if American elections are nothing other than entertainment, why is so much money spent on them, and why do so many people get so exercised over them?
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, elections are the worst way to select a political leader, save for all other methods that have been tried – and nowhere more so than in America.
The soporific federal elections, the breakdown of coalition talks among the CDU, its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU), the Greens, and the Free Democrats (FDP), and the timid dance between the CDU and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since then all point to a serious deficit in German politics.
The SPD now faces a choice: at its special party congress this weekend, its leaders must decide whether to join yet another grand coalition government that promises more of the same, or move into opposition, probably triggering new elections.
That may be difficult for the next nine months, as the Netherlands, France, and Germany hold national elections.
If pundits had paid attention to a well-established theory about the psychology of snap elections, they could have foreseen the UK election’s outcome.
In a 2003 study published in the British Journal of Political Science, Smith concluded that popular support for leaders who call early elections tends to wane in the run-up to the vote.
The key takeaway is that the timing of elections can reveal how well incumbents expect to perform in the future.
Republican-drawn districts in Texas and the six swing states of Ohio, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia had a clear influence in elections to the US House of Representatives in 2016.
But even with independently drawn districts, elections in many parts of the country will not be competitive, because voters from the same party often live in close proximity.
But, more carefully stated, what scholars show is that liberal democracies almost never go to war with each other, and it may be that a liberal constitutional culture is more important than the mere fact of elections.
While elections are important, liberal democracy is more than “electocracy.”
Avoiding coercion, premature elections, and hypocritical rhetoric should not preclude a patient policy that relies on economic assistance, behind-the-scenes diplomacy, and multilateral approaches to aid the development of civil society, the rule of law, and well-managed elections.
Saudi Arabia announced its first municipal elections in 2003, and held them in 2005.
Egypt and Iraq also both held (mostly) democratic elections in 2005.
The Electoral Fate of Italy’s BanksLONDON – As Italy approaches what promises to be one of its most contentious general elections since 1945, banks are the elephant in the room.
By stepping down now, Yeltsin has given his handpicked successor, acting president Vladimir Putin, the best chance to win elections that will take place this coming March.
With mandatory presidential elections next year, Moscow was awash in rumours: “feeding time at the zoo” as one British prime minister called it.
Three main factors brought Hamas into leadership in the January 2006 parliamentary elections.
Now Abbas has called for new elections, which Hamas rejects, and it seems unlikely that he has the capacity to impose his will.
But can he translate this achievement into an extended ceasefire, peaceful elections, and consolidated PA rule in Gaza and the northern West Bank?
In these circumstances, who will administer the evacuated areas until elections are held?
Then the bitter political struggle will begin in advance of the elections.
In their recent book Why Nations Fail, the economists Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson suggest that elections – even those that are free and fair – do not necessarily move societies from what they call “extractive” to “inclusive” systems.
Indeed, extraction of a country’s wealth for use by the elite can occur even in democratic societies when those who dominate the political system face no constraints other than periodic elections.
In the 12 years since its transition to democracy, Indonesia has regularly held local and national elections, developed a functioning free market, and strengthened its culture of tolerance towards the country’s Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, and Chinese minorities.
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