Campaigns & Elections

Illinois' 3rd Congressional District candidate for Congress, Marie Newman, arrives to vote in the Democratic Party's congressional primary election at the Lyons Township in La Grange, Illinois, U.S. March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski - RC1B57676BA0

What do the Illinois primary elections tell us?

Elaine Kamarck and Alexander Podkul

Thursday, March 22, 2018

People attend a rally and concert marking the fourth anniversary of Russia's annexation of the Crimea region, at Manezhnaya Square in central Moscow

Putin’s re-election was decades in the making

Alina Polyakova

Monday, March 19, 2018

Police officers stand in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Thayer - RC1AECFD3360

For Democrats and public workers, there’s a lot at stake in the Supreme Court’s Janus decision

Vanessa Williamson

Thursday, March 15, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump points at supporters after speaking in support of Republican congressional candidate Rick Saccone during a Make America Great Again rally in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, U.S., March 10, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - HP1EE3B05DFC5

Is Trump getting away with it? The answer from Pennsylvania 18

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh at the Presidential Palace in Djibouti, March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1A251D0AC0

Africa in the news: Tillerson visits Africa, Sierra Leone votes, and Senegal issues eurobond

Christina Golubski

Friday, March 9, 2018

5-Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio speaks during an electoral rally in Caserta, Italy February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca - RC1551BD32F0

The rise of European populism and the collapse of the center-left

William A. Galston

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Former El Paso County Judge, Veronica Escobar, reacts after winning her Democratic primary race for the 16th congressional district in El Paso, Texas, U.S., March 6, 2018. Picture taken March 6, 2018. REUTERS/Julio-Cesar Chavez - RC1D3007B6A0

What do the Texas primary elections tell us? For one, women are running—and winning

Elaine Kamarck and Alexander Podkul

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

A woman exits the voting booth after filling out her ballot for the U.S presidential election at the James Weldon Johnson Community Center in the East Harlem neighbourhood of Manhattan, New York City, U.S. November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly - RTX2SIHQ

The Primaries Project: What to expect in the 2018 Midterms

Elaine Kamarck and Alexander Podkul

Monday, March 5, 2018

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) officials talk near stacked ballot boxes at a tally centre in Nairobi, Kenya October 27, 2017. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola - RC1CFF35E710

Figures of the week: Tracking African political transitions

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

The building of the U.S. Supreme Court is seen after it granted parts of the Trump administration's emergency request to put his travel ban into effect immediately while the legal battle continues, in Washington

The Supreme Court and partisan gerrymandering cases

Russell Wheeler

Wednesday, February 28, 2018