Solving the Unsolved Problems – the failure of democracy? July 22, 2018
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Mark Triffit, at The Conversation, suggests that there is an increasing disengagement by the citizens from the democratic process with a increasing lack of trust in politicians.
ANGELA MERKEL’S THIRD ELECTORAL SUCCESS September 25, 2013
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Angela Merkel has been returned as the German Chancellor, and Christian Democrats will be the majority party in the Bundestag. Which parties will form government and how many members will be elected has not been resolved.
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US VOTER TURNOUT November 12, 2012
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Apparently less than 60% of eligible voters chose, or were able, to vote in the US. While a figure approaching 126 million plus people voting is considerable, yet it does not represent the potential voters out of a total population of 315 million people.
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THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE October 4, 2012
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Americans will vote in November in the presidential election, but it will be the vote in the Electoral College in December that will decide who will be the next president.
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OBAMA FAILED BY FORMER PROFESSOR. June 19, 2012
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South America as a whole does not receive the attention that it deserves, and similiarly that applies to the United States of South American,Brazil, now a member of BRICS.
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GREECE AND EGYPTIAN ELECTIONING June 18, 2012
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Greece and Egypt have taken central stage under the spotlight of electoral politics in recent days. So what if anything do they have in common?
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WISCONSIN RECALL ELECTION June 7, 2012
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“Initiative, referendum and recall” is the legacy of the Progressive Era.
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ENFORCING AUSTERITY May 8, 2012
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Austerity economics, predictably were voted down by Europeans over the weekend.
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AUSTERITY-EXPANSION May 3, 2012
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For a non-economist the policy pursued by the EU and implemented elsewhere can be puzzling because they seem obviously self destructive and contrary to the interests of the vast majority of the people.
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PRESIDENT PUTIN RE-ELECTED March 6, 2012
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The election of Vladimir Putin to become the Russian President for the third time does not seem to have attracted much attention.
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WORLD DEMOCRACY? December 29, 2011
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The United States of America with its global bases and by spending more on weapons and wars than all other nations combined has hegemonic ambition.
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RUSSIAN ELECTIONS AND PROTESTS December 28, 2011
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Vladimir Putin has rejected calls for calls for any review of the parliamentary elections declaring the the Duma was now a fait accompli.
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NEW ZEALAND ELECTION 2011 November 27, 2011
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I am interested in the polling results and have no idea what the campaign issues were. The National Government led by John Key was returned. Early voters suggest that the Multi-Member Proportional system will be continued.
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GLOBAL DEMOCRACY October 17, 2011
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Direct democracy is limited by scale.There are various models, not least the General Assembly model in evidence at Occupy Wall Street.
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BERLIN VOTES . . . September 20, 2011
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. . . and so has Wollongong. Voting systems determine outcomes, and who gets to participate in government.
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NEWS OF THE WORLD July 24, 2011
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Now it seems that the phone hacking scandal may have been extended to The Sunday Mirror.
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THE POWERLESS PRESIDENDENCY! July 17, 2011
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Could it be sans the 1776 War of Independence and the Constitution that the American President is merely a figure head, much like the British Monarch?
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SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE? May 12, 2011
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Predictably the referendum on the optional preferential system (alternative vote) went down, but so did the Liberal Democrats, who we are told are tied and tarred by their association with the Conservative Government.
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