The Scottish independence vote shows that young people will turn out if they feel engaged by the political process. Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images So why bother trying to convince them? While political parties are not being this openly downbeat…
Andrew Cuomo, right, & Rob Astorino (photo: Gary Wiepert/AP) All three major statewide elected positions are held by Democratic incumbents asking New Yorkers to renew their contracts for four more years. Voters will go to the polls on Election…
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Many would-be presidential contenders spend most of their exploratory phase just visiting Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and maybe Nevada, over and over again. But not Jeb Bush. In recent weeks, the former Florida governor - who…
Were Scotland to vote for independence in the September referendum the position of MPs who had been elected for constituencies which are no longer part of the UK would have to be considered. In the event of a vote in favour of independence, the Scottish…
The Election Commission of India has announced the dates for the Lok Sabha elections 2014. The elections will begin on 7 April and end on 12 May. 16 May has been set as the counting date and the EC will complete counting on this day. With the final dates…
The 2010 general election result was considerably biased in Labour’s favour: if they and Conservatives had won equal shares of the vote total, Labour could have obtained as many as 54 more seats than their Tory opponents. This bias partly reflected unequal…
LONDON — Time is running out to register to vote in the forthcoming UK general election on May 7. If you want to have a say about who governs the UK for the next five years, you need to make sure you re registered to vote. In 2010, around 45.6 million…
Photograph courtesy Paul Zukerberg. It appears DC residents will get to vote for an attorney general this year after all, the District’s highest court ruled Wednesday in issuing an opinion saying the DC Council acted illegally in delaying the first such…
Does the electoral system really work in multi-party Britain? These figures show how unrepresentative Parliament is when compared to the popular vote. Here s just how different it would be: - no, the Tory government would NOT have got a majority under…
Who is elected in a UK General Election? In the UK, General Elections take place every 5years in May, unless Parliament votes to hold an election sooner. Candidates compete for a seat in the House of Commons. General Elections in the UK are comprised…
This post has been updated Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) and former governor Charlie Crist (D) easily won their primary elections Tuesday, advancing to a general election showdown that is expected to be one of the nastiest and most expensive campaigns in…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Right to Life Political Action Committee released their endorsements for the general election this weekend, less than 10 days after pro-life group’s victories at veto session to triple the mandatory waiting period for abortions…
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