Campaigns & Elections

Demonstrators protest against government's tax reforms next to the New York Stock Exchange at the Manhattan borough in New York, U.S., December 2, 2017. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz - RC1FD8C97960

Data point to a new wave of female political activism that could shift the course of US politics

William A. Galston

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Lawmakers of the Venezuelan coalition of opposition parties (MUD) Julio Cesar Reyes , first vice president, Omar Barboza , president of the National Assembly and Alfonso Marquina, second vice president, leave the room of sessions inside the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela January 5, 2018. REUTERS/Marco Bello - RC198F44B690

Why Venezuela’s opposition has been unable to effectively challenge Maduro

Harold Trinkunas

Monday, January 8, 2018

George Weah, former soccer player and presidential candidate of Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), reacts while a speech during the party's presidential campaign rally at Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Monrovia, Liberia, December 23, 2017. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon - RC1E1EC3A900

Africa in the news: Zimbabwe’s privatization efforts, Liberia and Uganda presidential updates, and Ethiopia’s prisoner announcement

Friday, January 5, 2018

A Jordanian woman casts her ballot for municipal elections at a polling station in Amman August 27, 2013. The Muslim Brotherhood, the main opposition party, is boycotting the polls. REUTERS/Muhammad Hammad (JORDAN - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS) - GM1E98S00ST01

By 2020, will more or fewer Islamist groups participate in elections in the Middle East compared to today?

Thursday, January 4, 2018

A Precinct 5 Democratic Farm Labor Party voter

Parties need to vet candidates—before the primary ballot is printed

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump (L-R), joined by Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Vice President Mike Pence, senior advisor Steve Bannon, Communications Director Sean Spicer and National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, speaks by phone with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S.

Trump in 2018: Will Democrats be smart about impeachment?

Friday, December 29, 2017

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (C) listens as Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson (foreground) testifies during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1CA93CEDC0

Trump in 2018: Who will lead foreign policy in Congress?

Thursday, December 28, 2017

A woman works on her computer at a coffee shop in Ciudad Juarez, October 19, 2017. Picture taken October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez - RC13F350DE70

How Trump and disruption politics may impact Latin American elections in 2018

Arturo Sarukhan

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

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

Trump in 2018: Could a Democratic victory in Alabama open the doors to increased voter suppression?

Nicol Turner Lee

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Democratic Alabama U.S. Senate candidate Doug Jones and wife Louise acknowledge supporters at the election night party in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S., December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry - RC16B4B41EA0

Trump in 2018: The year of the mobilized Democrat

John Hudak and Nicholas W. Zeppos

Wednesday, December 27, 2017