It will limp to the 2016 election confronted by a hostile legislature and unable to make progress with preferred policies such as trade integration and closer ties with mainland China.
Across the ideological spectrum, establishment political parties in France are deeply concerned about the European elections, confronting what they view as the potential for another round of record low turnout combined with swelling support for populism.
Many elections confront challenges in meeting international standards of electoral integrity, including in established democracies such as the US, UK and Canada.
Numerous retired senior military officers have criticized Mattis for approving a deployment that appeared aimed more at stirring up Trump's supporters before the midterm election than confronting a potential enemy.
During the past year, the Muslim Brotherhood has been able to win elections without confronting a central weakness: the immense distrust that it inspires among many powerful elements of Egyptian society.
NEW DELHI, Oct. 12 — Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India, even though he has forcefully staked his legacy on a landmark nuclear agreement with the United States, made it plain on Friday that his government would not invite early elections by confronting its Communist allies in Parliament over their opposition to the deal.
Both parties in the wake of the election are confronted by a crisis of identity.
At bottom, the general election will confront New Jersey voters with a stark choice.
He could not have guessed that the demand for Arab democracy would instead become one of his presidency's greatest foreign policy challenges, forcing whoever wins the November election to confront tough trade offs between American values and interests.
As the promises of the recent election campaign confront the realities of running a country, Barack Obama has been forced to rethink his position on key issues of national security, among them, the fate of the US detention centre at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
