The majority voting system in the United States, as in virtually every country in the world, imperfectly reflects voter preferences and could once again benefit Donald Trump.
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If there’s not a clear winner of the November 3 election and the current president refuses to leave office, here are six scenarios that could play out.
The major social media firms have taken a largely piecemeal and fractured approach to managing the problem.
For the winner, it’s the achievement of a lifetime. For the loser, not so much.
The US president has relentlessly attacked the ACA since taking office. While more costly than hoped, the law has cut the number of Americans without insurance in half, more than meeting its goals.
Democracy only works well when citizens participate in the democratic process and participate equally. But in the United States, lack of trust is eroding democracy’s promise.
Republicans claim that Biden’s clean-energy program would mean massive job losses in the oil-and-gas sector. The figures cited are not supported by the facts.
Facebook benefits financially from misinformation spreading on its platform. As long as it puts profits ahead of public good, the tilting of the political landscape will persist.
The rules governing how mail-in voting works and how ballots can be rejected differ state by state. In a close election, this could prove pivotal to deciding who wins.
Donald Trump claims to the the law-and-order candidate and accuses his rival of being “lax on security”. Joe Biden’s legislative record proves such accusations to be false.
Bullying tactics are increasingly under scrutiny, yet the display we saw during the first U.S. presidential debate is proof that some men still think those old rules are still at play.
Voters are told little about policy issues as journalists focus on the ‘contest’.
The closer to the election you can drop a bombshell, the better, right? Not necessarily.
They shouted, they interrupted, they insulted – and not entirely in equal measure. But Biden and Trump also touched on the issues occasionally. Our panel of experts analyzed three key exchanges.
Russian interference deeply marked the 2016 American presidential election. Four years later, let’s analyze the form and impact of disinformation coming from Russia.
President Trump has repeatedly said that mail-in voting will result in substantial voter fraud. However, the real issues are related to logistics and the support by each state.
Trump doesn’t just ignore science, he attacks it. Australia’s experts have an obligation to speak out on crises such as the coronavirus pandemic, even if it means picking a side in our politics.
With Donald Trump already doing a great job of making the public more wary of a coronavirus vaccine, big pharma has to do better than this.
Whether you like it or not, the globalised world will survive Donald Trump and the pandemic.
An analysis of Donald Trump’s speech at Mount Rushmore reveals the underbelly of his constant use of heroic rhetoric.
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Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Clarkson University
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Spécialiste de la politique américaine, Sciences Po
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Westminster College
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Assistant Professor RTPC of Mathematics, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Associate Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professeur émérite juriste et américaniste, spécialiste des États-Unis, questions politiques, sociales et juridiques (Cour suprême), Université Paris Nanterre
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Lecturer in International Studies and Politics, Ulster University; Queen's University Belfast
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Interim Dean and James F. Ackerman Professor; College of Education, Purdue University, Purdue University
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Associate Professor (hon) at the Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Professor of History, Arizona State University
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Yunus Chair and Distinguished Professor of Health Economics, Glasgow Caledonian University