Election Watch

30th September 2020

Biden and Trump clash in first TV debate

The long-awaited battle between Donald Trump and Joe Biden got off to a messy start with the two clashing over the new Supreme Court vacancy and healthcare. Fox News anchor…

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28th September 2020

Support for NZ Ardern’s party drops in latest poll, but still seen winning

New Zealand's ruling Labour Party will need help from coalition partners to form a government after an Oct.17 general election, the latest opinion polls showed on Monday, after it was…

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28th September 2020

Swiss voters clearly reject curbs on EU immigration

Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected on Sunday a right-wing party's attempt to scrap a pact allowing the free movement of people from the European Union, opting for stability amid the economic…

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27th September 2020

Jordan’s parliament dissolved in preparation for November election – official

Jordan's King Abdullah dissolved parliament on Sunday, officials said, paving the way for an election in November. Under constitutional rules, the government must resign within a week. In July, Jordan's…

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27th September 2020

Local elections underway in Romania

Over 18 million of Romanians are entitled to cast votes on Sunday to decide who will run their municipalities and provincial councils for the next four years, in an election…

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27th September 2020

U.S. election winner might not be known for months – Trump

 U.S. President Donald Trump said that Americans might not know the winner of the November presidential election for months due to disputes over mail ballots, building on his criticism of a method…

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27th September 2020

British Labour Party takes lead for first time since Johnson becoming PM

The British Labour Party have moved ahead of the Conservative Party for the first time since Boris Johnson became prime minister, an opinion poll has indicated. The survey by Opinium…

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26th September 2020

Poland’s ruling party cement new coalition deal

Poland's ruling nationalists signed a new coalition agreement on Saturday, ending weeks of in-fighting in the three-party alliance over how it will govern over the next three years. The leaders…

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26th September 2020

Poll shows Biden leads Trump nationally, but race much tighter in key states

The U.S. presidential race is much closer than national surveys suggest, according to Reuters/Ipsos opinion polls in battleground states that show Democrat Joe Biden with only a slim lead over…

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26th September 2020

Switzerland gets ready to vote on ending free movement with EU

Swiss voters will decide on Sunday whether to tear up a pact with the European Union on the free movement of people, after a referendum campaign that exposed rifts in…

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26th September 2020

Meghan Markle reportedly has serious ambitions to run for U.S. president

Meghan Markle is reported to have serious ambitions to run for president of the United States, according to a report. After the Duchess of Sussex and husband Prince Harry renounced…

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26th September 2020

Trump says U.S. election winner might not be known for months

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Americans might not know the winner of the November presidential election for months due to disputes over mail ballots, building on his…

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25th September 2020

EU mission visits Venezuela in run-up to parliamentary vote

The European Union has sent a mission to Venezuela in the run-up to parliamentary election scheduled for December, the EU announced, as the country prepares for a vote that will…

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25th September 2020

Top U.S. Republicans pledge peaceful transition as Trump sows election doubts

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other top Republicans on Thursday repudiated President Donald Trump's refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power, assuring American voters the lawmakers…

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24th September 2020

Trump will not commit to peaceful transfer of power

US President Donald Trump has refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses November's election. "Well, we'll have to see what happens," the president told a…

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23rd September 2020

Italian referendum, regional vote makes early election unlikely

Italian lawmakers cheered a crushing referendum victory that will cut their numbers - safe in the knowledge that their parliamentary life will probably be extended by the reform. This week…

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22nd September 2020

Italy’s centre-left holds on to Tuscany as main coalitions win three regions each

Italy's rightwing opposition leader Matteo Salvini failed to make the breakthroughs he had hoped for in regional elections, voting results showed on Monday, in a boost to the fragile coalition…

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21st September 2020

Italians vote to reduce number of MPs – ExitPoll

The Italian public is set to approve a cut in the number of parliamentarians, according to a projection released after the vote count for the Constitutional referendum started on Monday.…

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21st September 2020

Australian PM Morrison’s approval rating rises, poll shows

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s approval rating has risen slightly, a poll showed on Monday, as measures by the conservative government to tackle the coronavirus pandemic helped to maintain his…

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21st September 2020

Hungary PM Orban endorses U.S. President Trump in November election

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday endorsed Donald Trump in his reelection bid for the U.S. presidency, saying his rival Democrats have forced a "moral imperialism" on the world…

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20th September 2020

UK’s Labour ties with Conservatives for first time since 2019, YouGov poll finds

Britain’s opposition Labour Party has caught up with the governing Conservatives for the first time since Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in July last year, a YouGov opinion poll showed.…

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20th September 2020

UPDATED: Italy votes on cutting number of MPs

On Sunday and Monday Italians will vote in a referendum on whether to approve a constitutional law that amends the Italian Constitution to reduce the number of MPs in parliament,…

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18th September 2020

Biden contradicts Trump’s suggestion that vaccine is weeks away

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday bluntly contradicted President Donald Trump's suggestion that a coronavirus vaccine may be only weeks away, warning Americans they cannot trust the president's…

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18th September 2020

Seventeen OSCE members appoint experts to investigate Belarus election

Seventeen members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have appointed an independent team of experts to investigate alleged rights violations in Belarus' August presidential election, Denmark…

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18th September 2020

Maduro says election postponement is impossible

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday said it would be "impossible" to delay parliamentary elections planned for Dec. 6, after the European Union suggested pushing back the vote to meet…

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18th September 2020

Poland risks new election

Poland may face early general election or the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party may govern the country in a minority cabinet, the government spokesman said, after PiS junior coalition…

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18th September 2020

Trump will deliver UN speech next week from White House

U.S. President Donald Trump will not travel to New York on Tuesday for his speech to the United Nations General Assembly, but will deliver the address from the White House,…

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15th September 2020

Trump not pressuring government for vaccine for political reasons

President Donald Trump on Tuesday told Fox News he is not pressuring the U.S. government for a vaccine against the deadly coronavirus for political reasons. "I'm not doing it for…

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15th September 2020

Trump, Biden clash on climate change

Joe Biden has termed President Donald Trump a "climate arsonist" on Monday for refusing to acknowledge global warming's role in deadly wildfires sweeping the western United States, while Trump appeared to renege scientific consideration, blamed lax…

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14th September 2020

Kremlin set for election wins, but Navalny supporters make rare gains in Siberia

The ruling United Russia party looked set for an array of local election wins after Sunday’s elections, but was also on course for some setbacks as stricken Kremlin critic Alexei…

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13th September 2020

CDU’s vote-share reduction dents Laschet’s ambitions to succeed Merkel

Germany's Christian Democrats were set for an election win in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Sunday, an exit poll showed, but their share of the vote shrank, denting state…

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13th September 2020

Russians vote in local elections

Russians vote on Sunday in dozens of local elections that will be scrutinised for signs of discontent with the ruling United Russia party following the suspected poisoning of Kremlin critic…

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12th September 2020

Supporters who helped Trump win presidency lagging in motivation this year

With less than two months to go until the U.S. election, President Donald Trump is having trouble energizing his core supporters, especially white voters without college degrees who were key…

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12th September 2020

EU says ‘time is too short’ to send observers for Venezuela’s December vote

The European Union has received an invitation to observe parliamentary elections in Venezuela in December, but President Nicolas Maduro’s authoritarian government so far has not met “minimum conditions” to allow…

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11th September 2020

Microsoft: Foreign hackers are targeting Biden and Trump camps

Hackers linked to Russia, China, and Iran are trying to spy on people tied to both U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden, Microsoft Corp said on Thursday.…

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9th September 2020

Biden leads Trump by 12 points nationally among likely voters -Reuters/Ipsos

Democrat Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 12 percentage points nationally among likely U.S. voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll that also showed the number of persuadable voters…

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8th September 2020

Race for Abe’s succession starts in Japan

As Japan's ruling party formally kicked off its leadership race on Tuesday, frontrunner and chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga said that preventing the spread of the coronavirus should take priority…

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8th September 2020

Belgium’s government formation talks put on hold as mediators test positive for Covid-19

Belgium's plans to forge a fully fledged government 16 months after an election were put on hold on Tuesday after one of the two mediators charged with the job tested positive for…

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8th September 2020

Biden and Trump go on the offensive as U.S. campaign enters final stretch

President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden took rhetorical swipes at each other on Monday as the presidential campaign entered its traditional homestretch on the U.S. Labor Day holiday. Trump described Biden, whom he trails…

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6th September 2020

New Zealand election campaign starts, Ardern seeks mandate

New Zealand's general election campaign began on Sunday, as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern seeks to ride popularity for the nation's COVID-19 response and compassionate handling of a massacre at two…

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5th September 2020

Pete Buttigieg recruited in Biden’s White House transition team

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign on Saturday added former Democratic primary rival Pete Buttigieg, along with senior officials who served under President Barack Obama, to an expanded White House transition team. …

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5th September 2020

Trump’s word alone on vaccine is not enough – VP candidate Harris

Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris said that President Donald Trump's word alone on any potential coronavirus vaccine is not enough.  Asked by CNN's Dana Bash in a clip released Saturday whether she would…

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5th September 2020

Biden declares ‘Trump unfit for presidency’ after President is said to have mocked American war dead

A report in The Atlantic said the president called troops killed in combat “losers” and “suckers.” He strenuously denied it, but some close to him said it was in keeping…

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2nd September 2020

Democratic presidential candidate Biden raised record haul of over $300 million in August

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was expected to report a record fundraising haul of more than $300 million for the month of August, the New York Times reported on Tuesday,…

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2nd September 2020

Trump overtakes Biden as favorite to win in November – Betfair Exchange

U.S. President Donald Trump has completed a comeback to stand as favorite to win the 2020 U.S. Presidential election on European-based betting exchange Betfair, the exchange said on Wednesday. Trump's…

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31st August 2020

North Macedonia’s coalition Government approved

North Macedonia's Social Democrats returned to power Sunday after parliament approved their new coalition, ending a months-long leadership void amid the pandemic.  France24 reports that the vote brings Prime Minister…

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31st August 2020

Montenegro Election results too close to call – as all sides claim victory

The long governing Democratic Party of Socialists, DPS, and the main opposition coalition both insist they won Sunday’s elections after each won a similar number of seats. The leader of…

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30th August 2020

Montenegro ruling DPS party just ahead of pro-Serb alliance

The pro-Western Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) of President Milo Djukanovic was in close call against Montenegro's pro-Serbian and pro-Russian alliance in parliamentary elections on Sunday, pollster CEMI said in…

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30th August 2020

Opinion Poll – UK Conservatives and Labour tied at 40%

Britain’s Conservative Party and the main opposition Labour Party are tied in a new opinion poll, the first time the governing party has not been ahead for more than a…

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30th August 2020

Montenegro votes

Montenegrins are voting in a parliamentary election that looks too close to call, with neither the long-ruling pro-Western party nor a rival pro-Russian alliance tipped to win a majority of…

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29th August 2020

Top U.S. general foresees no military role in resolving disputed election

The top U.S. general told lawmakers that he did not foresee the military playing a role in the election process or resolving disputes that may come during the November presidential…

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29th August 2020

Church protests, COVID-19 test Montenegro’s long-ruling party in Sunday vote

The tiny Adriatic republic of Montenegro goes to the polls on Sunday riven by tensions over a religious communities law resisted by the powerful Orthodox Church and grappling with the…

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28th August 2020

Trump assails rival Biden, accepting Republican nomination for second White House term

President Donald Trump attacked Democratic rival Joe Biden in front of a large crowd on the South Lawn of the White House on Thursday, as Republicans warned of a lawless…

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27th August 2020

Biden gets no convention bounce after Democratic gathering -Reuters/Ipsos poll

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden saw no bounce in popular support after last week's Democratic National Convention, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday, pointing to Americans' hardened political…

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27th August 2020

U.S. Vice President Pence warns against Biden win

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday cast the re-election of President Donald Trump as critical to preserving America's safety and economic viability, while cautioning Democrat Joe Biden would set…

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