Large political donations in 2026 have already surpassed 2023 levels. New research shows where the money has been coming from over recent elections.
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Sánchez is building on the momentum of recent protests to mobilise voters around the housing crisis.
Almost 170 ads and $80 million in spending and only 31% with a disclaimer: Here’s what researchers found when they tracked AI in this year’s campaign ads.
In Brazil, religion is the dominant cultural grammar. More than a simple expression of individual faith, religion functions in politics as a sociolinguistic marker of order and authority.
Research shows that electoral threats do not only affect the ballot box, but also hijack public debate, using polarization to erode trust in democratic institutions.
With the two presidential candidates running neck-and-neck, this election has stakes beyond Brazil. The growing power of US big tech is also in the spotlight.
Prediction markets are becoming mainstream, bringing gambling risks and a novel source of political information to public life.
On The Conversation Weekly, why Israel’s political magician might be out of tricks and how a former IDF chief could be the one to upstage him.
Serbians will go to the polls in October for what looks set to be their closest national election in years.
Economic growth may have returned to NZ, but lifting living standards will require more than a cyclical recovery. What should voters be looking for in policies?
Voters need to become better at questioning what they see, without automatically disbelieving it.
A political scientist analyzes the uncertain outlook for this year’s elections and the risks their results pose to governability and democracy in Brazil.
A midterm election is coming. In the face of wavering voter trust – some of it driven by forces outside their control – what can election officials actually do to keep elections credible?
The race between the incumbent president and Flávio Bolsonaro is a part of a decades-long right-left split in the country over the meaning of the nation.
For American conservatives of the Cold War era, red was the color of communists and the mistrusted American left. Now, it’s the color of the GOP, while Democrats are blue. How did this happen?
Russia’s 2026 parliamentary elections will take place over three days, starting Sept. 18.
Juan Orlando Hernández’s escape from legal accountability at home and abroad point to the larger challenges of democracy building under the shadow of US power.
After ten months of investigation, the Banco Master case points to banker Daniel Vorcaro managing to take the country’s political system hostage.
Despite being enfranchised, electoral turnout among non-citizens in Sweden remains low.
Sweden’s election is on September 13. In Brisbane, Adelaide, Auckland and Hyderabad, citizens voted inside the furniture giant’s blue-and-yellow stores.
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