Content in the topic of Voting and Elections

Donald Trump has declared victory in the United States presidential election.

Kemi Badenoch has won the Conservative leadership contest and will be the next party leader. 

With just days to go until the US Presidential Election, what would a Donald Trump or Kamala Harris administration mean for trade? While Trump has fought a campaign vowing to further expand tariffs, Harris has adopted a different, yet still relatively protectionist, approach, pledging to subsidise American industries to lower American reliance on imports.

For the second time in as many weeks, Russia has been accused of undermining the democratic process in a former Soviet nation. One week on from the dramatic, razor-thin victory for the pro-European movement in Moldova, over in Georgia the pro-Russian Georgian Dream party won the election, gaining 54% of the vote.

The result of the referendum proved far closer than pollsters had predicted with Moldovan President Maia Sandu accusing “foreign forces” of attempting to “assault our country's freedom and democracy” following evidence of Russian interference earlier this month.

Campaigners call on the Government to further expand the list of acceptable forms of voter ID, as it approves Veteran Cards.

What is a swing state? And how does the American voting system actually work? As the US election draws ominously close, we begin our coverage by explaining the electoral college system and taking a closer look at the seven ‘swing states’ that could decide this election.

As Austria becomes the latest European country to witness the success of the populist right-wing, Labour and the Conservatives must beware the potential for rapid legitimisation of Reform UK.

Campaigners call for expansion of the voter ID list as watchdog finds that around 16,000 people missed out on having their say at the General Election.

Maybe it's the history, maybe it’s Germany’s central position in Europe, but the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) enjoying any kind of success seems extra abhorrent and what happens next will be critical for Germany, the EU and the UK.