Elections
‘Data trap,’ XKCD comics by Randall Munroe, (CC BY-NC 2.5). Just as ancient rulers gathered information for strategic gains, modern campaigns use vast datasets to target voters and secure victories, emphasizing data’s crucial role. The age of data might seem like a modern concept, but the notion of using information for political advantage has a long history. In ancient India, between the 2nd century BCE and the 3rd century CE, the treatise “The Arthashastra” was composed, and is often regarded as a foundational work on statecraft. This text delves deep into the art of governance, political sc...
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Launching of Maia Sandu's election campaign, 2020. Photo_(cropped).jpg) by [Gikü](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gik%C3%BC) via [Wikipedia](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maia_Sandu#)\. [Public domain](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en)\. As the presidential elections in Moldova draw closer, discussions about a unifying opposition candidate are increasing on the Moldovan political scene. Parties are forming blocs, holding meetings, and making proposals, trying to come to an agreement “against Sandu,” the current president of Moldova. NewsMaker published an artic...
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Montage of an image of Claudia Sheinbaum with the colors of the Mexican flag. Photo from Wikipedia licensed under CC BY 2.0. On Sunday, June 2, Mexico elected Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo as the first woman president of Mexico with a coalition of leftist parties following the political line of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). The Fourth Transformation (4T) project built AMLO's image — so his successor must shine on her own merits. What was it that Claudia Sheinbaum did to escape the shadow of the man who marked a before and after in Mexican politics? A greener capitalIn 2018, Claudia S...
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Khally Diallo, member of the Mauritanian National Assembly. Photo used with permission. Although the Islamic Republic of Mauritania has mainly been under military rule since gaining its independence on November 28, 1960, Mauritanian politicians are determined to return it to civilian rule in the June 29, 2024, presidential elections. The Sahara desert encompasses the former French colony of Mauritania, and the Atlantic Ocean borders the west of the country, where the climate is less arid. Mauritania has only ever had two democratically-elected civilian presidents. These presidents include Mokt...
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Mauritanian flags. Screenshot of theAfrica24 YouTube channel In the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, seven candidates, including the country’s current president, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, will face each other in the first round of presidential elections on June 29, 2024. Ghazouani has been in power since August 2019. The Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) announced the election date. Voters had until May 29, 2024, to register on the electoral roll. Out of a population of over 4 million, the number of voters at the 2019 presidential elections, which led to Mohamed Ould Ghazouani’s fi...
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Tens of thousands of people demonstrated against far-right parties in France on Saturday. In Paris and other major cities and towns, people responded to calls from trade unions and other organizations to protest against Marine Le Pen's right-wing National Rally (RN) party, which could potentially come to power in the snap parliamentary elections coming up at the end of this month. Around 300,000 participants were expected at around 200 protest rallies. The police deployed more than 20,000 officers. There were confrontations between demonstrators and the police on the fringes of several protest...
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Tens of thousands of people demonstrated against far-right parties in France on Saturday. In Paris and other major cities and towns, people responded to calls from trade unions and other organizations to protest against Marine Le Pen's right-wing National Rally (RN) party, which could potentially come to power in the snap parliamentary elections coming up at the end of this month. Around 300,000 participants were expected at around 200 protest rallies. The police deployed more than 20,000 officers. There were confrontations between demonstrators and the police on the fringes of several protest...
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Tens of thousands of people demonstrated against far-right parties in France on Saturday. In Paris and other major cities and towns, people responded to calls from trade unions and other organizations to protest against Marine Le Pen's right-wing National Rally (RN) party, which could potentially come to power in the snap parliamentary elections coming up at the end of this month. Around 300,000 participants were expected at around 200 protest rallies. The police deployed more than 20,000 officers. There were confrontations between demonstrators and the police on the fringes of several protest...
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The leaders of the world's advanced industrialized democracies seek to better prevent attacks on their democracies, they said in the final declaration after the Group of Seven (G7) summit on Friday. "In a year during which millions worldwide choose their leaders and representatives, we reaffirm our commitment to safeguard democratic values and human rights," they said. The G7 expressed "more concern than ever" about manipulation and interference in democratic institutions and elections and reaffirmed their commitment to protecting fundamental values and human rights, even in the face of the ra...
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The leaders of the world's advanced industrialized democracies seek to better prevent attacks on their democracies, they said in the final declaration after the Group of Seven (G7) summit on Friday. "In a year during which millions worldwide choose their leaders and representatives, we reaffirm our commitment to safeguard democratic values and human rights," they said. The G7 expressed "more concern than ever" about manipulation and interference in democratic institutions and elections and reaffirmed their commitment to protecting fundamental values and human rights, even in the face of the ra...
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