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Elections ||||

Election Calendar 2013 ||||

January

Israel | 22

February

Ecuador | 17

Italy | 24-25

April

Paraguay | 21

Iceland | 27

June

Iran | 14

September

Norway | 9

Australia | 14

Germany | 22

Austria |

October

Argentina |

November

Honduras | 10

December

Chile |

Endorsements ||||

Conservative Liberal Green Social Democrat Other

| 2013

Italy February 24-25 | Center-left/centrist coalition between Democratic Party & With Monti for Italy

Ecuador February 17 | Vote for an opposition party

Israel January 22 | HaTnuah

| 2012

United States November 4, 2012 | Democratic candidate for president. See individual endorsements for Congress on our blog.

Venezuela October 7, 2012 | Democratic Unity Roundtable

Mexico July 2012 | National Action Party

UK May 2012 | Liberal Democrats & Conservatives

| 2011

Spain November 20 | Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)

Argentina October 23 | Civic Coalition

Denmark September 15 | Social Liberals (We also endorsed a center-left coalition with the Social Dems)

Canada May 2 | Liberal Party (We also endorsed Greens and New Democrats in tactical voting)

Finland April 2011 | Center Party & Green League

| 2010

United States November 2010 | Democratic Party & Independents Lincoln Chafee and Charlie Crist)

Sweden September 2010 | Center Party (We also endorsed the center-right Alliance coalition)

Australia August 2010 | Greens (We also urged voters to give their second preferences to the Labor Party)

Netherlands June 2010 | Democrats 66

UK May 2010 | Liberal Democrats

| 2009

Germany November 2009 | Free Democratic Party (We also endorsed an FDP/CDU center-right coalition)

Upcoming Elections | 2013 ||||

Iceland April 27

| Current Parliament |

Center-Left Government 32 Center-Right Opposition 25 Others

SocDem 20 LeftGrn 12 Pro 9 Ind 16 M 3 O 3

| Left-2-Right Spectrum |

LeftGrn SocDem Pro Ind

| Parties |

Ind Independence Party (Liberal Conservatives)

Pro Progress Party (Centrist Liberals)

SocDem Social Democratic Alliance (Social Dems)

LeftGrn Left-Green Movement (Left)

M The Movement (Independents)

O Others (Independents)

Norway September 9

| Current Parliament |

Center-Left Government 86 Center-Right Opposition 83

Lab 64 SL 11 Ctr 11 L 2 Con 30 CD 10 PP 41

| Latest Opinion Polls |

Conservatives 40.1%

Labour 26.5%

Progress Party 10.7%

Liberals 6.0%

Christian Dems 4.9%

Socialist Left 3.8%*

Center Party 3.6%*

*Below 4% threshold to get seats

| Parties |

Con Conservatives

L Liberals

Ctr Center Party

Lab Labour Party

PP Progress Party

CD Christian Democrats

SL Socialist Left

| Left-2-Right Spectrum |

SocLeft Labour Center Libs Cons CDems PrgP

Germany September 22

| Current Parliament | Bundestag (Lower House) |

Center-Right Government 330 Center-left/left Opposition 290

CSU 44 CDU 193 FDP 93 GRN 68 SPD 146 Left 76

| Left-2-Right Spectrum |

Left SPD GRN FDP CDU CSU

| Parties |

FDP Free Democratic Party (Liberals)

GRN Greens (Greens)

CDU Christian Democrat Union (Conservatives)

SPD Social Democratic Party (Social Dems)

CSU Christian Social Union (Bavarian Conservatives)

Left The Left (Far Left)

Austria September

| Current Parliament | National Council (Nationalrat) |

Government 107 Opposition 76

SPO 56 OVP 51 GRN 20 TS 5 BZO 13 FPO 37 I 1

| Current Parliament | Federal Council (Bundesrat) |

Government 52 Opp 10

OVP 28 SPO 24 I 6 FPO 4

| Left-2-Right Spectrum |

SPO GRN TS OVP BZO FPO

| Parties |

GRN Greens (Greens)

OVP People's Party (Christian Dems)

SPO Social Democrats (Social Dems)

TS Team Stronach (Centrists)

BZO Alliance for the Future (Right-wing)

FPO Freedom Party (Right-wing populism)

I Independents

Argentina October

| Current Parliament | Lower Chamber (Deputies) |

Government Opposition

FPV 116 NE5 Oth 32 FAP 22 PF 23 UCR 42 PRO 11CC6

| Current Parliament | Senate |

Government Opposition

FPV 32 NE2 Oth 8 FAP 4 PF 11 UCR 14 CC1

| Left-2-Right Spectrum |

NE FPV FAP CC UCR PRO PF

| Parties |

CC Civic Coalition ARI (Centrists)

PRO Republican Proposal (Centre-right)

UCR Radical Civic Union (Centrists + Social Dems + Conservatives)

FAP Broad Progressive Front (Centre-left)

PF Federal Peronism (Conservative Peronists)*

FPV Front for Victory (Populist Peronists)*

NE New Encounter (Left-wing)

Oth Others (Small blocs/parties)

*See 'Peronism' (Argentine political movement with no clear ideology, but with strong populist instincts)

Previous election results ||||

Italy 2013

| Results |

| Lower House |

Centre-left (Bersani) 29.5% |345 seats

Right-wing (Berlusconi) 29.1% |125

Populist (Grillo) 25.5% |109

Centre (Monti) 10.5% |47

| Senate* |

Centre-left (Bersani) 31.6% |123

Right-wing (Berlusconi) 30.7% |117

Populist (Grillo) 23.8% |54

Centre (Monti) 9.1% |19

*No majority

Related links > Our view on the Italian election

United States 2012

| Barack Obama Re-Elected

| Democrats keep Senate, Republicans retain House

| Equal marriage legalized in ME, MD, WA; equal marriage ban rejected in MN

Electoral College

*270 needed to win Map from 270towin.com

Electoral College

Obama 332* Romney 206

*270 needed to win

Popular Vote

Obama 50% 50%

Romney 48% 48%

Senate

Democrats 53*

Republicans 45

Independents 2

House

Republicans 232*

Democrats 200

Venezuela 2012

| President |

Henrique Capriles 44.97% | Democratic Unity Roundtable

Hugo Chávez 54.42% | United Socialist Party of Venezuela

UK 2012

|||| UK Local Elections

| Councils

181 of 181 declared

Lab 75 (+32)

Con 42 (-12)

LD 6 (-1)

NOC* 51 (-18)

Other 7 (-1)

*No overall control

| London Assembly

14 of 14 declared

Lab 8 (+2)

Con 6 (-2)

LD 0 (0)

Other 0 (0)

| Council Seats

4863 declared

Lab 2159 (+824)

Con 1006 (-403)

LD 438 (-329)

Other 1260 (-126)

| London mayoral election

| First preference votes |

Con 44%

Lab 40%

Grn 5%

LD 4%

Ind 4%

Ukip 2%

BNP 1%

| Second preference votes |

Conservative 51.5%*

Labour 48.5%

*Boris Johnson re-elected

| Left-2-Right Spectrum |

Grn Lab LD Con UKIP > (Far Right) > BNP

| Parties |

Con Conservatives

LD Liberal Democrats

Grn Green Party

Lab Labour Party

UKIP UK Independence Party

BNP British National Party

Denmark 2011

| Results by bloc |

Center-left bloc 89 seats Center-right bloc 86 seats

| Results by party |

Conservative Liberals 26.7% | 47 seats

Social Democrats 24.9% | 44

Danish People's Party 12.3% | 22

Social Liberals 9.5% | 17

Socialist People's Party 9.2% | 16

Red-Greens 6.7% | 12

Liberal Alliance 5.0% | 9

Conservatives 4.9% | 9

| Left-2-Right Spectrum |

SocPP Red-Grn SocDem SocLib Con LibAll ConLib DanPP

Center-left bloc Center-right bloc

United States 2010

Senate Dem 51 GOP 47 Ind 2 House Dem 186 GOP 239 Ind 0 Governor Dem 18 GOP 29 Ind 1

Balance of power Senate (D) KEEP House (R) WIN

| Candidates we endorsed |

> Lincoln Chafee (Ind) for RI Governor WON

> Charlie Crist (Ind) for U.S. Senator (FL) Lost

> Alex Sink (Dem) for FL Governor Lost

> Andrew Cuomo (Dem) for NY Governor WON

| California Propositions |

> YES on 20 Approved

> NO on 27 Rejected

> NO on Prop 23 Rejected

> YES on Prop 19 Rejected

Sweden 2010

Hung Parliament

Alliance 4 seats short of majority

Election results Coalitions

Alliance 49.2% |172 seats

Red-Greens 43.6% |157 seats

Election results Parties

Center-right

Moderates 30.0% |107 seats

Liberals 7.1% |24

Center Party 6.6% |22

Christian Democrats 5.6% |19

Center-left / left

Social Democrats 30.9% |113

Greens 7.2% |25

Left 5.6% |19

Other parties

Sweden Democrats 5.7% |20 seats

Others 1.4% | No seats

| Left-2-Right Spectrum |

Left Grn SocDem Center LibPP Mod CDem SwDem

Red-Greens Alliance Far-Right

Australia 2010

Labor Minority Government

Labor 76*

*72 Labor + 1 Green + 3 Independents

Coalition 74*

*73 Coalition + 1 Independent

Results Seats >>>

(76 needed to win)

Labor 72

Coalition 73

Greens 1

Others 4

Results Share of vote >>>

(77.8% counted)

Labor 38.0%

Coalition 44.0%

Greens 11.5%

Others 6.5%

Exit poll Primary Vote >>>

Labor 42%

Coalition 45%

Greens 9%

Others 4%

Exit poll 2-Party Preferred >>>

Labor 51%

Coalition 49%

| Left-2-Right Spectrum |

Greens Labour Coalition

United Kingdom 2010

||| Seats (326 needed for overall majority / Total: 650)

Con 306

Lib 57

Lab 258

Oth 28

||| Share of vote

Con 36%

Lib 23%

Lab 29%

Oth 12%

Exit Poll Hung Parliament

(326 seats needed for overall majority)

Con 305

Lib 61

Lab 255

Oth 28

||| Formation of Government

Lib-Con Coalition Government 363 seats

Con LD

Opposition 286 seats

Lab Oth

||| Parties

Con Conservatives

LD Liberal Democrats

Lab Labour

Oth Other parties

| Left-2-Right Spectrum |

Lab LD Con

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