Campaigns & Elections

REFILE - CORRECTING DATE Mahathir Mohamad, former Malaysian prime minister and opposition candidate for Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) reacts during a news conference after general election, in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin - RC1932AA9080

What democracies can learn from Malaysia

Thursday, May 17, 2018

An Iraqi woman arrives to cast her vote at a polling station during the parliamentary election in the Sadr city district of Baghdad, Iraq May 12, 2018. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC18D4CCE020

What Iraq’s election means for its Shiite militias

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Voting booths are seen during the New York primary elections at a polling station in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., April 19, 2016.

So far this primary season, Dems are united in taking on Republican seats—not each other

Elaine Kamarck, Alexander R. Podkul, and Nicholas W. Zeppos

Thursday, May 10, 2018

A Muslim Sheikh casts his ballot at a polling station during municipal elections in Houla village, southern Lebanon, May 22, 2016. REUTERS/Aziz Taher - S1BETFNDFFAA

Lebanese elections: Good for the country, warts and all

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Former U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at the Utah County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner, in Provo, Utah, U.S. February 16, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart - RC148EDEE130

How Mitt Romney could wind up running the United States 6 years after losing the presidential election

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan prepares for an interview in New York City, U.S. September 19, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - S1BEUCHMVOAA

Turkey’s snap elections and the future of Turkish democracy

Kemal Kirişci and Kutay Onayli

Monday, April 23, 2018

U.S. Congressman Daniel Lipinski votes in the Democratic Party's congressional primary election at St. James Lutheran Church in Western Springs, Illinois, U.S. March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski - RC1D424A21B0

Trump voters in Democratic primaries? A closer look at Illinois’s 3rd Congressional District

Elaine Kamarck, Alexander Podkul, and Nicholas W. Zeppos

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Students hold signs while rallying in the street during the "March for Our Lives" demanding stricter gun control laws at the Miami Beach Senior High School, in Miami, Florida, U.S., March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Javier Galeano - RC1C60279010

How millennials and gun control can change the 2018 midterm landscape

Darrell M. West

Thursday, April 5, 2018

A man waves a Congolese flag during a civil and military parade marking the 50th anniversary of the independence of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Kinshasa June 30, 2010. REUTERS/Sebastien Pirlet (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY) - GM1E67103LQ01

Experts explore prospects for democracy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Friday, March 30, 2018

A shopper walks past an MTN shop at a mall in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 2, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC1A116E0960

Africa in the news: Ethiopia’s new PM, Ghana’s record IPO, and Angola and UK uncover fraud

Friday, March 30, 2018