News of election campaign

Disunited provinces II

29-11-2025 05:13 La Libertad Avanza won in 15 of 23 provinces, including the largest, with Tucumán the most important outside the fold. Opposition candidates only enjoyed a clear lead in half their provinces won, although LLA margins were extremely slender in four of their 15 victories, including the main prize of Buenos Aires Province.

The City and the Senate

15-11-2025 05:05 While the government’s overall midterm triumph represented a huge shift from gloomy pre-electoral expectations, this city’s results did not show that much change from last May’s local voting.

by Michael Soltys

151 shades of grey

25-10-2025 05:58 Voters are being asked to select not the next president but 127 deputies and 24 senators for which 217 lists are contending in the 23 provinces and this City with a total 1,648 candidates. The multiplicity of combinations arising from these numbers points to an infinity of results, each one of which would make the parliamentary negotiations lying ahead slightly different with no chance of any overall majority – 151 shades of grey.

by Michael Soltys

Trump card or joker in the pack?

18-10-2025 06:15 Milei’s government is confident of success in only seven of Argentina's 24 districts but this fails to point out that fears of defeat are also only limited to seven provinces, with the other 10 up in the air.

by Michael Soltys

Chile presidential hopeful vows to deport 'all' undocumented migrants

23-09-2025 13:18 Far-right candidate José Antonio Kast says he will deport all undocumented migrants from national territory if elected.

The lion sleeps tonight

20-09-2025 06:31 Milei actually polled a higher percentage in Buenos Aires Province this month than in BA City last May, yet the former is unanimously deemed an unmitigated disaster while the latter was a resounding triumph.

by Michael Soltys

Independence for whom?

12-07-2025 06:13 The Independence Day alliance on the right leaves the Peronists playing catch up after their stab at unification at the Partido Justicialista Congress.

by Michael Soltys

On a mission in omission

07-06-2025 06:34 Voting for provincial deputies in Misiones is more likely to be a landslide for the local ruling party than any electoral earthquake.

by Michael Soltys

And so it begins

12-04-2025 05:22 This year’s midterm voting begins tomorrow in the major province of Santa Fe with the constituent assembly elections.

by Michael Soltys

Harris and Trump last campaign push as polls deadlocked

04-11-2024 15:36 US presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in a tight race, with both making a final push to rally supporters and gain an advantage.