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Polls Project Ireland Will Legalize Abortion in May 25th Referendum, Would No Longer be Strictest on Abortion Policy in Europe if Passed

(pc - wikipedia) Ireland will head to the polls on May 25th to vote on a contentious referendum to repeal a provision within the Irish Constitution that bans ab...

Venezuela Election: Will Maduro Fall? Henri Falcon and the Case Against Abstention

(photo credit goes to Deutsche Welle) Venezuela is having a Presidential election on May 20th. The election pits the unpopular President Maduro against oppositi...

Two-Time Presidential Candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador Dominating the 2018 Mexican Election Field

Mexican leftist and two-time presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is in the race again, only this time it looks like he will coast to the p...

Erdoğan Facing Trouble as New Challenger Emerges in Wake of 2019 Turkish Presidential Election

(PC - US State Department) (President Erdoğan) Controversial Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has held onto power in Turkey alongside his right-wing Justi...

I LOST my JOB – in just 15 MINUTES

All it took was 15 minutes. After over a decade of working for my ex-employer, it only took a 15-minute conversation with HR and I was escorted out of the facil...

Former Football (soccer) Star George Weah Wins 2017 Liberian Presidential Election

Change is coming to Liberia. In the first peaceful transfer of power in 70 years, George Weah has defeated vice president Joseph Boakai in a decisive victory, 6...

Catalan Pro-Independence Parties Reclaim Majority After Regional Elections

(PC -Los Angelos Times) In the aftermath of the Catalan Independence Referendum, the Spain Constitutional Crisis of 2017, and the dissolving of the Catalan Parl...

Dutch Politician Geert Wilders Falling in Polls as New Right-Wing Party Emerges

(PC - dw.com) Geert Wilders Geert Wilders, the right-wing, anti-immigrant, anti-Islam, anti-austerity leader of the PVV (Party for Freedom) in the Netherlands, ...

Polls Show Massive Loss of Support in Venezuela for Maduro and GPPSB Since 2013

(photo credit goes to Diario Las Americas) Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro is in trouble. After running on the coattails of former President Hugo Chavez, a...

Political Chaos in Germany May Lead to Re-Election

Germany is in a period of political chaos. After heading to the polls on September 24th, 2017 no party emerged with a majority coalition, and the election saw t...

Democrats Poised to Make Big Gains in 2018 House Congressional Midterms

According to RealClearPolitics aggregate polling on the generic congressional ballot, Democrats would win by a large margin if the U.S. 2018 congressional elect...

Conservative Sebastián Piñera Wins 2017 Chilean Election

On December 17th, 2017, Chileans headed to the polls and elected former President Sebastián Piñera to take the office of President again. .jpg) This election wa...

New Blog Covering International Politics and Political Trends

Hello Steemit Community! I just joined Steemit today! My name is Sean Gibbons, and I am currently a student at Michigan State University studying International ...