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	<title>Crikey &#187; Ben Raue</title>
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		<title>Total recall: Wisconsin, NSW targets public sector wages</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/27/total-recall-wisconsin-nsw-targets-public-sector-wages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 03:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Raue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin and New South Wales are following similar paths, with Barry O’Farrell to consider changing the NSW Constitution to allow for recall elections.]]></description>
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		<title>A game for political wonks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/10/daily-proposition-a-game-for-political-wonks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 03:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Raue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wanted to redraw political boundaries in your own name? An online game allows you to do it, and teaches how gerrymandering can have such a poisonous effect on democracy, says <b>Ben Raue</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>US Republicans have upper hand in pushing boundaries</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/08/us-republicans-have-upper-hand-in-pushing-boundaries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Raue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three of the largest states in the US have the most interesting redistricting processes taking place now.]]></description>
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		<title>US mid-terms: Republicans ready to play House</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/04/us-mid-terms-republicans-ready-to-play-house/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/04/us-mid-terms-republicans-ready-to-play-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Raue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Republicans have gained control of the US House of Representatives, while cutting back on the size of the Democratic majority in the Senate to a handful of Senators.]]></description>
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		<title>US mid-terms: Senate race snapshots &#8212; Florida</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/02/us-mid-terms-senate-race-snapshots-florida/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/02/us-mid-terms-senate-race-snapshots-florida/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Raue</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Florida is a key swing state in presidential elections. The state has gone with the winning party at nearly every election in recent decades, only going against the trend in 1960 and 1992.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate race snapshot: California</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/26/senate-race-snapshot-california/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/26/senate-race-snapshot-california/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Raue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California is the largest state in the United States, and despite being strongly slanted towards the Democrats, it is currently facing fiercely-contested races for both the Senate and the Governor’s office, writes <b>Ben Raue</b> from California. ]]></description>
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		<title>US mid-terms: Nevada&#8217;s Harry Reid in the fight of his life</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/15/us-mid-terms-nevadas-harry-reid-in-the-fight-of-his-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Raue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the south-western US state of Nevada, Democratic Senate leader Harry Reid is facing the fight of his political life, running in a dead-heat with Republican candidate Sharron Angle.]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats&#8217; shot at maintaining majority not looking rosy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/20/democrats-shot-at-maintaining-majority-not-looking-rosy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/20/democrats-shot-at-maintaining-majority-not-looking-rosy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Raue</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cannabis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Democrats are facing serious losses this November due to a failing US economy and the limited policy success of the Obama Administration.]]></description>
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		<title>Redrawing the map: NSW redistribution game</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/redrawing-the-map-nsw-redistribution-game/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/redrawing-the-map-nsw-redistribution-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 03:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Raue</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electorate boundaries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Political parties have made NSW electoral redistribution submissions that propose a statewide redrawing of boundaries that subtly (or not so subtly) favour their own party's interests, writes <b>Ben Raue</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>The ANC to continue its domination of South African politics</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/22/the-anc-to-continue-its-domination-of-south-african-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/22/the-anc-to-continue-its-domination-of-south-african-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Raue</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[African National Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apartheid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacob Zuma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South African politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[South Africa's voters go to the polls today to vote in their fourth post-apartheid election.]]></description>
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