elections

While effects can vary, the growing majorities of young people in Africa and elsewhere will undoubtedly have a strong impact on their societies.

A journalist's role in covering elections is to give you unbiased information; doing anything else is failing in their role as a watchdog.

When an election winner takes 95 or 100 percent of the vote, it's less likely he's incredibly popular and more likely that the election was not free and fair.

As a participating member of the OSCE, the United States invited international election monitors to ensure the November 8, 2016, elections were free and fair.

Nigeria's potential depends on good governance, the kind that responds to citizens’ needs and roots out corruption, State Department officials say.

September 15 is the International Day of Democracy, a day to honor the values of freedom, respect for human rights, and free and transparent elections.

Nations around the world condemned the July 30 elections called by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro that will ultimately give Maduro sweeping new powers.

A new exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington uses artifacts and historical treasures to examine the evolution of American democracy.

Women are making historic inroads at all levels of the U.S. government: federal, state and local.