Election Watch, January 2006

Issue Date January 2006
Volume 17
Issue 1
Page Numbers 177-80
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A review of recent elections in Afghanistan, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Chile, Egypt, Gabon, Haiti, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Poland, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Venezuela.

Further Reading

Volume 14, Issue 2

Latin America’s Lost Illusions: A Road with No Return?

What can public-opinion research tell us about the staying power of democracy in the region? Has it passed the point of any possible return to authoritarianism?

Volume 24, Issue 3

Kenya’s 2013 Elections: Technology Is Not Democracy

In an effort to avoid repeating the 2007 electoral debacle, Kenya’s election commission turned to technology, but its high-tech voter-registration and vote-count processes fell short. Its experience has important lessons…

Volume 22, Issue 4

Peru’s 2011 Elections: A Vote for Moderate Change

Despite the presidential victory of Ollanta Humala, Peru’s 2011 elections had some continuities with the 2006 contest. The electorate is dividing along regional and socioeconomic rather than partisan lines.