Why so many Latino voters supported Donald Trump: For many observers of the 2024 US presidential election, Donald Trump’s ability to harness so much of the Latino vote remains one of the more puzzling issues. Latino voters – men in particular – swung decisively towards Trump last November: increasing by 16 points from 2016 to …
Why the assumption that British voters switch to the Conservatives as they grow older is wrong: Shutterstock/Olga_Lots If a man is not a socialist by the time he is 20, he has no heart. If he is not a conservative by the time he is 40, he has no brain. At first glance, this quote, …
People experiencing news fatigue are less likely to be voters: Shutterstock/Shyntartanya In a comprehensive analysis of news consumption across the globe, a recent report by Reuters concluded that “interest in news continues to decline, fuelling disengagement and selective news avoidance”. In the 46 countries surveyed in the report, public interest in news has dropped significantly …
Young Zimbabweans are using YouTube to ridicule politicians and educate voters: As Zimbabwe holds its 2023 elections, young creatives are taking to social media like YouTube to discuss politics and to create comic spoofs and critiques that speak back to the country’s autocratic government. One notable social commentator is Taffy Theman (Tafadzwa Ngubozabo), who hosts …
Zimbabwe election: Can Nelson Chamisa win? He appeals to young voters but the odds are stacked against him: Nelson Chamisa, leader of Zimbabwe's main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change, addresses supporters at a rally. Zinyange Auntony / AFP) via Getty Images Nelson Chamisa, the 45-year-old leader of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for …
Sierra Leone elections: survey reveals what voters care about most: A man casts his vote at a polling station in Freetown during the 2018 general elections. Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images Sierra Leoneans go to the polls again on 24 June, in the country’s fifth post-conflict electoral contest. For more than two decades following its …
Labour take note: red-wall voters want an ambitious plan for renewal – not tough talk and flag waving: If projections can be relied on, Labour has good reason to feel confident of supplanting the Conservatives as biggest party at the next general election. Yet it remains far from clear that Keir Starmer is heading for …
Nigeria had 93 million registered voters, but only a quarter voted: 5 reasons why: Nigeria’s voter turnout has been declining since 2007. Samuel Alabi/AFP via Getty Images Nigerians went to the polls in late February to vote for a new president, as well as representatives to two houses of the federal parliament. The turnout was …
Election observers are important for democracy – but few voters know what they do: Members of a European Union election observation team speak to voters in Zimbabwe. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images Election observers keep watch over polls throughout the world. Their job is to support efforts to improve electoral quality and to provide transparency. …
How to poll 93 million voters – the challenge of pulling off Nigeria’s presidential elections: Voters display their permanent voters card during the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections in Lagos. Adekunle Ajayi/NurPhoto via Getty Images Nigeria’s electorate, which the Independent National Electoral Commission put at 93.5 million on the voters’ register, are expected to …
Britain’s energy price cap left many people confused – especially Conservative voters: Andrey_Popov / shutterstock If you’re in the UK, how do you understand the government’s plan to deal with energy prices? Has it: Capped energy bills for all households at £2,500 for the next two years; Capped the price of energy so a typical …
Keir Starmer needs to tell a bolder story about Britain’s future to convince voters to back him: Leadership in any group, whether it’s a team, an organisation, a community or a country, always requires the skill and insight to tell what Marshall Ganz of Harvard University calls a “story of us”. A story of us …
Senegal’s presidential poll is shaping up as a real contest, with voters in the driver’s seat: Citizens waiting to vote in Dakar, Senegal during the parliamentary elections. Djibril Dia/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images In July 2022 Senegalese voters converged at polling stations to elect 165 members of parliament (MPs) to represent them in the National …
Chile’s progressive new constitution rejected by voters after campaign marred by misinformation: Despite recently electing Chile’s most progressive president in the shape of former student protest leader Gabriel Boric, voters in the country have now rejected his most important reform. A plebiscite held on September 4 to replace the constitution imposed during the dictatorship of …
Kenya’s young voters have a dilemma: they dislike ethnic politics but feel trapped in it: A protestor faces off with Kenyan police in Nairobi after the 2017 general election. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images In elections and beyond, young Kenyans are an important political cohort. People between the ages of 18 and 35 make up …
Ukraine: survey shows British people, and especially Tory voters, feel very differently about some refugees than others: As of late May, in the three months since Russia invaded Ukraine, 6.8 million refugees had fled the war into other countries. The majority, some 3.6 million people, headed to Poland, while another million went to Romania. European …
Tiverton and Honiton byelection: rural voters are itching for a chance to cast a protest vote: Tiverton and Honiton in Devon has long been a Conservative stronghold. But the Liberal Democrats believe they have a good chance of taking the seat in an impending byelection. The vote follows the resignation of former MP Neil Parish, …
Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron go head to head: why many French voters will be voting against a candidate rather than for them: France’s electoral system is held over two rounds. In the first, anyone who meets the threshold criteria (this year, 12 candidates) can run. Assuming no one wins an absolute majority (this …