Burkina Faso Presidential Election November 21, 2010

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Presidential and parliamentary elections held in Sudan from 11 April to 13 April 2010.

The Top World Political Figure of 2009 is a clear winner: Barack Obama with 31% of the votes cast, followed by ‘none of the above’ with 15% and Hu Jintao of China with 13% of voters.

Barack Obama comes out on top again in the Top US Politician Poll, with 35% of the votes, Bill Clinton as runner up with 24% and Sarah palin in third with 13%.

In the most active of our Best and Worst of 2009 Polls, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad garnered a huge majority of the votes, with 62% calling him the Worst Political figure of 2009. Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi came in a distant second with 9% of the votes with Barack Obama just behind taking 6% of the votes.

The Economic Crisis was our voter’s choice for Top Political Issue of 2009, receiving 40% of all the votes, Climate Change came in second with 16% and Healthcare and the Middle East tied for third with 14%.

For the Worst U.S. Politician of 2009, once again Barack Obama takes the lead, with 36% of votes, Sarah Palin narrowly trailing with 28%. No-one else came close!

Worst Political Move of 2009 award goes to ‘The Blagojevich Auction’ with 33% of votes, Obama’s Public Option comes in second at 25% with Joe Wilson’s ‘You Lie!’ coming in third with 20% of the vote.

Glenn Beck edged out Keith Olbermann as your ‘Worst Political Commentator of 2009‘ with 32% and 28% of the vote respectively. Rush Limbaugh came in third with 21%.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad featured strongly in our ‘Biggest Political Liar of 2009‘ Poll, with 44% of the vote, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin and Silvio Berlusconi all showing well, too, with Palin and Obama tied for second place at 13%, and Berlusconi at 10%.

Thanks for voting, everyone! Full Results:

Barack Obama 35%
Hillary Clinton (Sec. State) 5%
Sarah Palin 13%
Bill Clinton 24%
Sonia Sotomayo 2%
John McCain 10%
Edward Kennedy 0%
Ben Bernanke 8%

Barack Obama (US) 31%
Hu Jintao (PRC) 13%
Nicolas Sarkozy (FR) 8%
Ban Ki Moon (UN) 2%
Gordon Brown (UK) 8%
Mir Hossein Mousavi (Iran) 8%
Angela Merkel (Germany) 11%
None of the above 15%

Barack Obama (US) 8%
Silvio Berlusconi (Italy) 9%
Hugo Chavez (Venezuela) 6%
Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe) 6%
Kim Jong-Il (North Korea) 3%
Mahmoud Ahmedinejad (Iran) 62%
Gordon Brown (UK) 1%
None of the above 2%

Economic Crisis 40%
Climate Change/Global Warming 16%
Middle East 14%
Nuclear weapons 4%
Education 4%
Healthcare 14%
None of the above 6%

Barack Obama 36%
Hillary Clinton (Sec. State) 5%
Ben Bernanke 1%
Sarah Palin 28%
Van Jones 5%
Joe Wilson 9%
Christopher Dodd 7%
None of the above 3%

“You Lie!” 20%
The Public Option 25%
The Biden Bunker Reveal 4%
The Sanford Affair 8%
The Blagojevich ‘Auction’ 33%
The Ensign Affair 0%
The Grayson Slur 0%
None of the above 8%

Glenn Beck 32%
Sean Hannity 3%
Rush Limbaugh 21%
Rachel Maddow 3%
Chris Matthews 3%
Bill O’Reilly 3%
Keith Olbermann 28%
none of the above 3%

Sarah Palin 13%
Al Gore 6%
Barack Obama 13%
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 44%
Hugo Chavez 3%
Silvio Berlusconi 10%
Don’t know 3%
None of the above 3%

Country: Tunisia
Election Type: Parliamentary
Date: October 25, 2009

Party information coming soon

Country: Tunisia
Election Type: Presidential
Date: October 25, 2009

Country: Botswana
Election Type: Parliamentary
Date: October 16, 2009

With an economy spiraling with world-record inflation rates, Zimbabwe is a country in turmoil. Political wrangling occupies national and local attention, when essential services, medical aid and basic food are scarce and increasingly expensive commodities. can international intervention help prevent another humanitarian crisis in africa?

This election and its delayed implementation due to regional instability has been criticized by opposition parties, ut on 11 July 2009, all parties signed an electoral code of conduct, opening the way for elections in September.

A presidential election will be held in Gabon on 30 August 2009 after the incumbent President Omar Bongo Ondimba died on 8 June 2009. While the constitution stated that Interim President Rose Francine Rogombé should organise elections within 30 to 45 days, the Constitutional Court accepted the government’s request for a delay due to the circumstances.