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Hatem Saleh, the deputy chairman of the Civilization Party, which joined the Muslim Brotherhood’s electoral coalition in the last parliamentary election, was named Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade.
Indeed, although Europarties are relatively well developed, they have yet to resonate with voters, who remain unconvinced of their relevance, given that the locus of electoral politics in the European Union remains at the national level.
But this was facilitated by the movement’s close ties with the AKP – an alliance that helped the AKP to secure three successive electoral victories since 2002.
The PiS, for one, has accrued substantial electoral support, thanks in part to its exploitation of past tragedies for political ends.
At the same time, the president emerges from an electoral process with an agenda and ambitions of his own.
Unless and until the National Front finds a way to win allies, it will not achieve an electoral breakthrough.
Why?Contrary to much conventional wisdom, populism is not defined by a particular electoral constituency – such as the lower middle class – or by simplistic policies pandering to the masses, as liberal observers often argue.
As for the ANC, its arrogance seems more akin to that of the CPSU: an overweening sense of “owning” the state, which makes corruption seem like a form of electoral entitlement.
For example, Florida (with 16 more electoral votes than Louisiana and where the president’s brother governs) received its requested funding to protect its wetlands.
Such leaders are thin on the ground, and the electoral system is partially to blame.
Alternatively, Livni could concede victory to Netanyahu despite her small electoral advantage, serve in his government, and pull her weight in favor of moderation.
In the absence of a compromise – and forces that can guarantee its terms – polarization can lead to bad outcomes, ranging in seriousness from Spain in 1982 to Turkey in 1980, and, most worryingly, Algeria in 1992, when the military regime’s nullification of an Islamist electoral victory touched off a prolonged and brutal civil war.
In practice, this means developing a single pan-European policy agenda and forming a single transnational electoral vehicle that contests elections across Europe on the basis of that agenda.
The Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, DiEM25, has already formulated such an agenda, a Green New Deal for Europe, and has formed such a transnational electoral formation, the European Spring.
And it would provide a powerful example to other Asian countries – including my own – in which women have struggled to gain an electoral foothold.
Recent upheavals in many member states’ party systems have altered the electoral calculus, and the pro-Europeans must adapt accordingly.
The BJP may preach development, but it is practicing bigotry – a contradiction that Modi could resolve only by repudiating the forces that helped ensure his electoral victory.
But Italy has some very serious political problems, which find expression in the way the parties function, pervasive corruption, and an electoral system that gives party leaders dictatorial powers over the electoral list.
Chile's New President, General Pinochet and the PoSANTIAGO: After a hard-fought electoral battle, Chile has a new president.
What is surprising about the electoral result is not that Mr. Lagos won (after all he was the favorite all along), but that Mr. Lavin was able to mount such an effective challenge.
For far too long, Hun Sen and his colleagues have been getting away with violence, human-rights abuses, corruption, and media and electoral manipulation without serious internal or external challenge.
Officials are “concerned” about “recent disproportionate violence against protesters” but “welcome the Government’s stated commitment to undertake electoral reforms.”
Moreover, ever since Clinton’s election in 1992, those at the head of the Republican Party have believed that creating gridlock whenever a Democrat is in the White House, and thus demonstrating the government’s incapacity to act, is their best path to electoral success.
He gave me approximately the same answer when I referred to the need to change Israel’s electoral system based on proportional representation, which produces weak majorities at best and near-paralysis at worst.
But the Republican Party’s reliance on voter suppression, gerrymandering, and similar efforts at electoral manipulation have also contributed to ensuring that the will of the majority is thwarted.
The party’s approach is perhaps understandable: after all, shifting demographics have put the Republicans at an electoral disadvantage.
And some local governments have purged such voters from electoral rolls, reduced the number of polling stations, or shortened their hours of operation.
Despite a landslide electoral victory for his Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) last September, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned only 262 days after taking office.
But in 1993, having failed to gain control of the party, he bolted, along with 45 other Diet members to create the Shinsei Party, supposedly to press for electoral reform.
Germany’s Populist TemptationBERLIN – Because populism is not an ideology in itself, it can easily appeal to mainstream political parties seeking to shore up flagging electoral support.
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