In a speech that primarily focused on the rollout of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11 on Wednesday, Biden also fielded questions about his party’s dismal showing in the previous day’s elections, arguing that despite voters’ apparent rejection of Democrats at the polls, what they really wanted was for …
Read More »Democrat McAuliffe concedes Virginia governor’s election to Youngkin in setback for Biden administration
In a statement on Wednesday morning, McAuliffe congratulated the new governor as he admitted defeat, and called on all Virginians in wishing him and his family all the best. McAuliffe said he was grateful for all those that had supported him along the way, and reminded them to keep up …
Read More »Decision Desk HQ projects Republican Glenn Youngkin to win Virginia election, as CBS says race ‘leans Republican’
Decision Desk HQ, one of the leading organizations dedicated to tracking and reporting US election results, was the first to call the Virginia gubernatorial elections in favour of Youngkin, some three hours after the polls closed across the state. Stopping short of calling the election in anybody’s favour, CBS News …
Read More »‘Sick of these f**king jokers’: FBI raid over Trump election allegations ‘staggeringly dumb,’ Russian billionaire Deripaska blasts
In a fiery rant posted online on Wednesday, the aluminum magnate suggested the raid had been in connection with claims Moscow had interfered in the 2016 American presidential election to secure a win for Republican candidate Donald Trump. “As I watch what is going on in the US, my astonishment …
Read More »After being accused of ‘buying’ the 2020 election, Facebook announces it’s getting even more involved in US state elections
The social media giant plans to remind users in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington how to find their local polling place and other voting-related details the day before Election Day, it revealed in a series of tweets on Tuesday. Touting its …
Read More »‘Republicans will not be voting’ in 2022 & 2024 unless 2020 ‘election fraud’ is solved, Trump says
“If we don’t solve the Presidential Election Fraud of 2020 (which we have thoroughly and conclusively documented), Republicans will not be voting in ‘22 or ‘24,” Trump declared in a public statement. “It is the single most important thing for Republicans to do.” The former president has maintained that the …
Read More »2020 election was ‘bought by Mark Zuckerberg’, researcher says, citing turnout-boosting work funded by Facebook CEO
The NGOs called the Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL) and The Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR) claim they are working to make democracy stronger, more secure, and better at engaging civic participation in polling. A new analysis of the 2020 election argues that the nonprofits are …
Read More »Everything you need to know about the extraordinary election underway in the Czech Republic
On October 8-9, Czechs will vote in a parliamentary election with many parties duking it out. The main fight, however, will be between the ruling centrist ANO (‘Yes’) party, the center-left two-party coalition of the Pirate Party and the Mayors and Independents, and the center-right three-party SPOLU (‘Together’) coalition of …
Read More »Czech PM edged out in narrow election, after corruption claims in wake of Pandora Papers bolster opposition
Voting in the Czech Republic took place on Friday through to midday on Saturday, and with 99% of ballots counted that evening, the center-right Together coalition is taking 27.69% of the vote – a hair above the 27.23% taken by Babis’ ANO party. The liberal Pirates/Mayors coalition are coming in …
Read More »Majority of Russians didn’t even know Navalny’s ‘Smart Voting’ election app existed, despite Western media focus & legal ban
That’s according to Moscow’s Levada Center, which polled people across the country to determine what, if anything, influenced their preference. The initiative aimed to maximize anti-government ballots by offering tactical voting recommendations, and was banned by the authorities over its links to Navalny’s prohibited network of campaigning groups, which have …
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