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Democracy in Crisis: Studies Show Continuing Global Trend Towards AutocracyMathew NicolsonMarch 28, 2024
Spain: Galicia Chooses Between Stability and a New Tide in a Regional ElectionTidjani SalehFebruary 18, 2024
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Georgia By-Election: Landslide Victory, but Problems Ahead With a Low TurnoutJan Jakob LangerSeptember 29, 2023
Why Slovakia’s Election Does Really Matter, Despite What Politico Tells YouKryštof KřejpskýSeptember 28, 2023
Spanish Regional and Local Elections: Right Advances While Left DefendsMatías Pino CabezaMay 27, 2023
Exclusive: Montenegro Earthquake Poll—Waiting for ‘Europe To Arrive Now’ in the ‘Post-Milo Era’Mihail MurgashanskiApril 20, 2023
Finnish Parliamentary Elections: Government Popularity Highest in Decades—Yet Will Not ContinueJulius LehtinenApril 1, 2023
EU Parliamentary Projection: A New Year, New Polls, and a New ProjectionMingo GarschaJanuary 31, 2023
EU Parliamentary Projection: Less Seats for Centre(-Right), More for Centre-LeftMingo GarschaDecember 7, 2022
EU Parliamentary Projection: Italian Defeat Prolongs Centre-Left’s PlightTomas AdamecNovember 1, 2022
Sweden Parliamentary Elections: Left and Right Down to the Wire on PremiershipNassreddin TaibiSeptember 10, 2022
Hungary: Government Spying on Journalists the Latest Step in a Slide to AuthoritarianismEurope ElectsAugust 2, 2022
Sweden: Magdalena Andersson Breaks from Tradition, Maintains High Approval amidst NATO BidPollitik Editorial TeamJune 8, 2022
Nigerian Presidential Election: The Politics of a 200 Million Strong DemocracyAdrian ElimianMarch 17, 2022
Belarus: Dictator Łukašenka Tries To Shore Up His Legitimacy, While Belarusians ProtestRuairidh IrwinMarch 8, 2022
Fragmentation: The Animal Party-isation of European Party SystemsTobias Gerhard SchminkeMarch 7, 2022
Portugal: A Partial Do-Over of the Parliamentary Election—The Cost of Disregarding Electoral LawCelso GomesFebruary 17, 2022
Portugal: Polarisation, Fragmentation and Changing Fortunes—Perfect Weather for a Snap ElectionCelso GomesJanuary 30, 2022
Is Kinalification a Thing? The Hope of a Post-Pasokification ComebackPolychronis KarampelasJanuary 10, 2022
EU Parliamentary Projection: Social Democrats Hold Firm as Christian Democrats FlounderLuka Ivan JukićDecember 7, 2021
Sweden: How the First Female PM Had To Resign Hours After Her Appointment—And Then ReturnedNassreddin TaibiDecember 5, 2021
Portuguese Snap Elections and the Likely End of the Geringonça: Chronicle of a Death ForetoldCelso GomesNovember 6, 2021
EU Parliamentary Projection: Centre-Left Takes the Lead for the First Time in YearsLuka Ivan JukićNovember 4, 2021
EU Parliamentary Projection: Centre-Right, Centre-Left in Tossup for First PlaceLinus Folke JensenOctober 8, 2021
Opposition’s Forlorn Hope? Tactical Voting in Tampered Russian ‘Elections’Alastair WarnerSeptember 19, 2021
Norwegian Parliamentary Elections: A Certain Election with an Uncertain OutcomeNassreddin TaibiSeptember 12, 2021
Netherlands: Rutte Sovereign in a Landscape Fragmented Like Never BeforeNassreddin TaibiMarch 15, 2021