Editor's Note:
CountryWatch Inc. is in the process of launching a new website focused solely on international elections. Until CountryWatch users are able to access that new website, we have included -- as a courtesy -- a listing of all forthcoming elections that we will be covering in our regular Country Reviews. We encourage our CountryWatch users to go to use the drop-down feature on our homepage to access the specific country of interest to find background information, prevailing issues affecting the country at hand, trends related to previous elections, as well as information about forthcoming elections. Also as a courtesy to our CountryWatch users, we have maintained the availability of our extensive coverage of the landmark United States elections of 2008. This "Special Report" is available below. Should you have any particular questions related to international elections, please email me via this form http://www.countrywatch.com/about/contact.aspx.
Dr. Denise Youngblood Coleman
Editor in Chief and Executive Vice President
www.countrywatch.com
Current and forthcoming elections include --
Dec. 7, 2009: Final attempt to elect Moldova's president
Dec. 13, 2009: Chile's presidential and parliamentary elections
Dec. 18, 2009: Elections in Dominica
Dec. 27, 2009: Uzbekistan general elections
Dec. 27, 2009: Croatian presidential election (first round)
Jan. 10, 2010: Croatian presidential election (second round)
Jan. 17, 2010; Ukraine's presidential election (first round)
Jan.17, 2010: Chile's presidential election (second round)
Jan. 25, 2010: General elections in St. Kitts and Nevis
Jan.26, 2010: Sri Lanka's presidential election
Feb. 7, 2010: Costa Rica's parliamentary and presidential elections
Feb. 7, 2010: Ukraine's presidential election (second round)
Feb. 28, 2010: Tajikistan's parliamentary elections
February 2010: Greece's presidential election
March 4, 2010: Togo's new date for presidential election
March 7, 2010: Iraq's parliamentary elections
March 14, 2010: Colombia's parliamentary elections
March 16, 2010: Guinea's parliamentary elections
March 20, 2010: Tentative timeframe for general elections of Madagascar
March 2010: Central African Republic's parliamentary election and presidential election (first round)
April 4, 2010: Unconfirmed date of postponed parliamentary elections of Sao Tome and Principe
April 11-13, 2010: Sudan's presidential elections (also listed as possible date for parliamentary polls)
April 2010: Austria's presidential election
April 2010: Hungary's parliamentary elections
April 2010: Northern Cyprus' presidential election (first round)
April 2010: Solomon Islands parliamentary elections
April 2010: Sri Lanka's parliamentary elections
April 2010: Laos' parliamentary elections
May 10, 2010: Philippines' parliamentary and presidential elections
May 16, 2010: Dominican Republic's parliamentary elections
May 19-24, 2010: Madagascar's parliamentary elections
May 22, 2010: Afghanistan's parliamentary elections
May 23, 2010: Ethiopia's parliamentary elections
May 25, 2010: Suriname's parliamentary elections
May 30, 2010: Colombia's presidential election
May 2010: Egypt's parliamentary elections (contrary date; see November 2010 below)
June 9, 2010: Parliamentary elections in the Netherlands
June 12, 2010: Slovak Republic's parliamentary elections
June 28, 2010: Burundi's presidential election (first round)
June 2010: United Kingdom's parliamentary elections
June 2010: Czech Republic's parliamentary elections
June 2010: Hungary's presidential election
June 2010: Laos' presidential election
July 23-28, 2010: Burundi's parliamentary elections
July 26, 2010L Burundi's presidential election (second round)
July 2010: Mauritius' parliamentary elections
July 2010: Tuvalu's parliamentary elections
July 2010: Japan's parliamentary elections
July 2010: Suriname's presidential election
Before mid- 2010: Tentative timeframe for general elections in Myanmar/Burma
Mid-2010: Tentative timeframe for presidential election in Guinea
Aug. 9, 2010: Rwanda's presidential election
Sept. 19, 2010: Sweden's parliamentary elections
Sept. 26, 2010: Venezuela's parliamentary elections
Oct. 2, 2010: Latvia's parliamentary elections
Oct. 3, 2010: Brazil's parliamentary elections and presidential election (first round)
Oct. 31, 2010: Brazil's presidential election (second round)
October 2010: Tanzania's presidential and parliamentary elections
October 2010: Madagascar's presidential election
October 2010: Poland's presidential election (first round)
October 2010: Bosnia-Herzegovina's presidential and parliamentary elections
October 2010: Czech Republic's parliamentary elections
Nov. 2, 2010: United States' parliamentary elections
Nov. 7, 2010: Azerbaijan's parliamentary elections
Nov. 21, 2010: Burkina Faso's presidential election
Nov. 28, 2010: Chad's elections
November 2010: Bahrain's parliamentary elections
November 2010: Egypt's parliamentary elections (contrary date; see May 2010 also)
November 2010: Haiti's presidential election
December 2010: St. Vincent and the Grenadines' parliamentary elections
December 2010: Nauru's presidential election
December 2010: Jordan's parliamentary elections
December 2010: Equatorial Guinea's presidential election
Note also -
- Second round of Afghan presidential election set for Nov. 7, 2009, was cancelled
- Presidential election in Niger set for Nov. 14 and Dec. 6, 2009, has been cancelled
- Nov. 29, 2009, presidential election in Cote d'Ivoire, rescheduled for Feb.or March 2010 but postponed again
- Presidential election originally set for September 2009 in Angola was postponed
- Guinea's presidential election (first round) likely postponed from January 2010 due to instability
- Haiti's Feb. 28. 2010, parliamentary elections not expected to go forward due to devastation of earthquake
- No date available for elections in Yemen
- Despite international pressure, no date available for anticipated elections in Fiji
- Parliamentary elections in Canada are possible
- Presidential election possible in Moldova
COUNTRYWATCH SPECIAL REPORT: USA ELECTION 2008
by Dr. Denise Youngblood Coleman, Editor-in-Chief
The year 2008 promised to be a pivotal one in terms of the political landscape of the United States. With Republican President George W. Bush completing his second and last term in office, and with no incumbent running for the presidency, new and old faces came to the fore in pursuit of the highest office in the United States. While Republicans were hoping to hold the White House despite the fact that Bush was exiting the role as one of the least popular presidents in United States history, Democrats were hoping to recapture the executive branch of government after two successive failures in the 2000 and 2004 elections. Meanwhile, Democrats in the Congress were hoping to hold on their razor-thin majority position in Senate and build on their advantage in House of Representatives. As well, a number of gubernatorial races were scheduled to take place.
Following is an exposition of these forthcoming elections, which will be regularly updated in the weeks and days leading up to election day on November 4, 2008. Section 1 is a lengthy exploration of the issues, election climate and landscape, party favorability and other factors that frame and texture the 2008 election season. Included in sections 2-6 are CountryWatch's projections for the outcome of the presidential, congressional and gubernatorial races.
Click on the following links --
1. The Road to the White House: Landscape and Issues
2. Presidential Race: Presidential Primaries
3. Presidential Race: General Election
4. Congressional Elections: The Senate
5. Congressional Elections: The House of Representatives
6. Governors Races
-- Dr. Denise Youngblood Coleman
Editor in Chief and Executive Vice President
CountryWatch Inc.