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NDP Surges ahead in Polls- Ipsos Poll suggests

Over the past week, an IPSOS Reid poll suggests that, the New Democratic Party has risen by 3% in popularity.  They now have 19% approval rating up from16%. The Conservative Party slipped by 3% to 37%,...

Harper's Conservatives making inroads in Toronto, poll suggests

Canadian politics can be interesting from time to time.  Granted the debates and allegations on either side are never as heated as they are in the U.S., where Democrats accuse Republicans to be lunatics and...

EKOS poll suggests that support of Liberal Party is softening

The leader of the Liberal Party, Michael Ignatieff,  recently announced that his party would no longer prop up the minority Conservative government in Canada.  At the time the Liberal Party was...

Obama's historic plunge in popularity

Charles Franklin has an interesting analysis of Barack Obama's free fall in job approval numbers since taking office eight months ago. Depending on how you interpret the numbers, Obama has experience the biggest...

Karzai increases lead to 46.2% - 35% of polling stations counted

With 35% of the polling stations now counted, President Hamid Karzai leads the election with 46.2%, still short of the 50% threshold. His closest competitor Abdullah Abdullah has about 31.4% of the vote. If...

Tamils re-affirm desire for self-rule

Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the party ran on the platform of self-determination won a key council in Sri Lanka. The government was expected to do well for the following reasons: The election was held too soon after the end of the war for people to vote and for democracy...

First post-war polls in Sri Lanka

Update1"   LOCAL AUTHORITIES ELECTIONS 2009 Final Results ...

Canadians want Alberta Oil Sands Production Cut

The Alberta Tar Sands have been in the news for some time, and has been kept alive by environmental groups.  Both former Vice President Al Gore and President Obama have referred to oil coming from the Tar...

Iraqi Kurds Vote in the Polls, Results Not Released Yet

Iraqi Kurds voted in the semiautonomous Kurdistan region today and hundreds lined up for hours before polling places opened to cast their ballot for the local presidential and parliamentary elections. They are...

BC Votes 2009 Election, STV Referendum Results - Campbell wins

BC Votes 2009 Election and STV Referendum  ResultsGordon Campbell has won his third straight victory as premier of British Columbia. It's still early and the votes are still being counted, but projections...

Canada's Liberals lead Conservatives in Polls

According to a new Strategic Counsel poll conducted by CTV and Globe and Mail during the period 6-8 May, the Liberals have edged ahead of the Conservative Party.  The majority of the gains have been made in...

South Africans prepare to go to the polls April 22nd

South Africans are getting ready to vote tomorrow in what it being described as the most 'competitive general election' since apartheid ended in 1994. The polling stations, some 20,000 of them, will open at 5am GMT, and there are over 23 million registered voters expected to...

RON PAUL Revolutionary, Libertarian, or Mild Mannered Congressman

  The Following is from RON Paul's own website, mailings, and Speeches. This story is part of our continued Know the 2008 Candidates Series. About Ron Paul Congressman Ron Paul is the leading advocate for...

Polls open across Israel in vote for New Government

People across Israel are queuing up to vote in a snap election called by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who is stepping down. Former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party has lost much support...

Guinea coup, Capt. Camara agrees elections 2009, mining stopped

French envoy Joyandet The french envoy Mr. Joyandet it is not realistic to ask for elections in 6 months, voter's lists not ready. France will continue with financial aid to prepare elections 2009.  People...

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