democracy

The opposition wants to bring back caste as a check on the BJP’s reach, but the strategy may not live up to expectations.

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With state and national elections ahead, the party moves away from its time-tested appeal to Hindu nationalism.

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India’s state elections don’t usually foretell national polls, but this time around, many will be looking for signs of a winning strategy.

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The elections in five states will be seen as a proving ground for campaign strategies ahead of next year’s national vote.

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Australia’s Voice to Parliament referendum looks set to fail as a confused public struggles to tell fact from fiction.

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Don’t look now, but if you’re worried about the state of democracies now, just wait until next year.

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Social media has become a powerful tool for younger Indonesian voters to engage with a political system that otherwise leaves them at the margins.

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Thailand has astonished observers with a demurely grand political reconciliation to end months of political limbo.

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