# us-elections - Thursday 7 January, 2021
# Democracy
# Democracy
As plans continue for a new Register of Electors Bill, the Fianna Fáil senator says a Commission would face major challenges.
# us-elections - Wednesday 30 December, 2020
# Josh Hawley
# Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley has said some states, notably Pennsylvania, failed to follow their own election laws.
# us-elections - Sunday 27 December, 2020
# Election2020
# Election2020
Larry Donnelly looks back over the 2020 race for the White House and says the pandemic utterly changed the direction of the election.
# us-elections - Friday 25 December, 2020
# Joe Biden
# Joe Biden
Darach Ó Séaghdha looks to the past and wonders what kind of poetic tones we can expect at the forthcoming Biden inauguration.
# us-elections - Sunday 22 November, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Larry Donnelly says while defeating Trump is a welcome victory, Democrats are in danger of storing up problems for the future by isolating the centre-ground.
# us-elections - Saturday 21 November, 2020
# US Elections
# US Elections
It comes amid criticism that Trump’s efforts to subvert the results of the election could do long-lasting damage to democratic traditions.
# us-elections - Friday 20 November, 2020
# Bad Hair Dye
# Bad Hair Dye
Rudy Giuliani has been instrumental to Trump’s legal efforts to overturn the election.
# us-elections - Friday 13 November, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
The Fianna Fáil senator says recent events have convinced him that political discourse has changed and that a place for considered compromise must now be found in Irish politics.
# us-elections - Sunday 8 November, 2020
# US Federal Reserve
# US Federal Reserve
The results of this week’s election may further complicate the American response to the economic crisis.
# us-elections - Saturday 7 November, 2020
# President-elect Biden
# President-elect Biden
President Trump issued his statement while golfing at his club in Virginia.
# No Malarkey
# No Malarkey
Climate, Coronavirus, and Brexit.
# us-elections - Thursday 5 November, 2020
# Paperwork
# Paperwork
Unsurprisingly, Covid-19 has played its part in the delay.
# us-elections - Wednesday 4 November, 2020
# Proposition 22
# Proposition 22
Uber and Lyft donated tens of millions of dollars to the campaign.
America’s first transgender state senator and first non-binary politician were victorious in the 3 November election.
# us-elections - Tuesday 3 November, 2020
# Us Elex 2020
# Us Elex 2020
Corkman Greg Delanty, a poet, found himself running as a candidate in the US election in 2004. It was a learning experience.
# us-elections - Sunday 1 November, 2020
# Final Stretch
# Final Stretch
Joe Biden still retains a lead ahead of Trump, according to the polls.
# us-elections - Thursday 29 October, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
The goalposts – and polling analysis – have shifted since 2016, Noel Rock writes.
# us-elections - Sunday 18 October, 2020
# US Elections
# US Elections
People have already starting casting their votes in the 2020 election.
# US Elections
# US Elections
Trump and Biden have targeted swing states in the final weeks before the election.
# us-elections - Sunday 11 October, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Larry Donnelly looks at the how the highest court in America became “such a political hot potato”.
# us-elections - Friday 2 October, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Larry Donnelly looks at the state of the US election after this week’s ‘shameful’ debate, in the wake of the news about Trump and FLOTUS.
# us-elections - Sunday 20 September, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Larry Donnelly says based on recent events in his home country, it’s hard to argue that America is still the ‘land of opportunity’.
# us-elections - Thursday 3 September, 2020
# Never Mind The Ballots
# Never Mind The Ballots
Democratic nominee Joe Biden has met the family of Jacob Blake, who was shot by a white police officer.
# us-elections - Tuesday 1 September, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Caoimhín de Barra looks at the dual US voting system and says the electoral college has the potential to cause major upheaval now and in future.
# us-elections - Monday 24 August, 2020
# Republican Convention
# Republican Convention
The nomination was one of the first acts of a Republican convention.
# us-elections - Sunday 23 August, 2020
# Showdown
# Showdown
As Democrats rally against Trump, the race for Massachusetts’ Senate seat is also worth watching, Larry Donnelly writes.
# us-elections - Tuesday 18 August, 2020
# Postal Service
# Postal Service
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has been under intense pressure from Congress amid the reforms he has been implementing.
# us-elections - Wednesday 12 August, 2020
# Campaign
# Campaign
Kamala Harris was announced as Joe Biden’s pick for the Democratic vice-president nominee last night.
# us-elections - Monday 10 August, 2020
# Evening Quiz
# Evening Quiz
With Joe Biden set to choose his vice presidential nominee this week, we’re testing your knowledge of US Veeps.
# us-elections - Sunday 9 August, 2020
# US Elections
# US Elections
Donnelly dismays at the polarised and simplistic discussion of politics in the US from all media sources, not just Fox News.
# us-elections - Friday 7 August, 2020
# US Elections
# US Elections
An independent commission said both candidates had agreed to participate in the three scheduled debates.
# us-elections - Sunday 12 July, 2020
# US Elections
# US Elections
Larry Donnelly says we should not write off Trump in November, but if he does lose, it is merely the first step in a long road back to redemption for the US.
# us-elections - Wednesday 18 March, 2020
# Democrats
# Democrats
The results in yesterday’s primaries added more pressure on Bernie Sanders to abandon his campaign.
# us-elections - Sunday 8 March, 2020
# US Elections
# US Elections
Joe Biden quoted Seamus Heaney after his Super Tuesday win in the US this week. Darach Ó Séaghdha examines Heaney’s words.
# us-elections - Monday 2 March, 2020
# Democrats
# Democrats
Klobuchar is due to appear with Biden at his rally in Dallas, Texas tonight.
# us-elections - Thursday 27 February, 2020
# US Primaries
# US Primaries
It’s looking like Sanders versus Bloomberg for the Democratic National Convention in July, writes Larry Donnelly.
# us-elections - Wednesday 26 February, 2020
# Uselex2020
# Uselex2020
Bernie Sanders is leading the race to become the Democrat candidate.
# us-elections - Friday 7 February, 2020
# US Elections 2020
# US Elections 2020
Sanders’ centrist critics deliberately miss the point of his appeal, writes Conor Kenny.
# us-elections - Tuesday 4 February, 2020
# Uselex2020
# Uselex2020
Democrats in the US are choosing their election candidate to take on Trump.
# us-elections - Thursday 26 December, 2019
# US Elections
# US Elections
The Democrats bowed to pressure on impeachment, but will it make a difference to the 2020 result?
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