By Jeffrey Young Washington 07 November 2007 Every presidential aspirant uses opinion polling data to shape his or her campaign in the quest for the White House. In this segment of How America Elects , VOA's Jeffrey Young looks at the vital role of p...
By Gary Thomas 18 October 2007 Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's return to Pakistan Thursday after eight years of self-imposed exile does not automatically clear the uncertainty in Pakistan's political landscape. VOA correspondent Gary Thomas re...
By Gary Thomas Washington 11 October 2007 Pakistan held its presidential election when lawmakers voted October 6. The incumbent military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, easily won the most votes, but his victory is not yet official because of a pend...
By Jeffrey Young Washington 13 September 2007 The process of voting and electing national and local officials begins with registering people as participants in elections. In this second segment of the How America Elects series, VOA's Jeffrey Young lo...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 11 September 2007 Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists gather before central office in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 10 Sep 2007 In Bangladesh, political parties have reopened their offices after the government eased a ban on poli...
By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 05 September 2007 Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with the country's Shi'ite religious leaderWednesday to discuss a political impasse that resulted inhalf of his cabinet quitting. VOA's Jim Randle reports from nort...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 31 August 2007 Pakistan braces for a major political showdown a day after exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif announced his return on September 10. Mr. Sharif says he will challenge the reelection plans of Pervez Mush...
By Jim Malone Washington 30 August 2007 The competition among U.S. states to hold their presidential primary contests early in 2008 is causing some major problems for the two major national parties that are trying to control the nominating process. V...
By Paula Wolfson Washington 13 August 2007 President Bush's top political adviser has resigned. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports, Karl Rove will leave his key White House post at the end of the month. President Bush, left, puts his arm around Karl Rove as...
By Naomi Schwarz Bo, Sierra Leone 07 August 2007 In Sierra Leone, where presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled for August 11, a brand new party has entered the political scene long dominated by the People's Party, or SLPP, and the All...