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Frexit
Frexit: hypothetical French withdrawal from the European Union, a portmanteau of "France" and "exit" coined after Brexit. Promoted by Marine Le Pen and François Asselineau, it would proceed under Article 50 TEU; Le Pen abandoned it after her 2017 defeat.
General election
General election: nationwide election of a national legislature; in the UK, voters choose 650 MPs to the House of Commons every five years by first past the post, a system whose disproportionality drove reform debate after 2024.
George McGovern 1972 presidential campaign
George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign: the antiwar senator won the Democratic nomination under his own McGovern-Fraser reforms, then lost to Nixon in a landslide, carrying only Massachusetts and DC.
George Papadopoulos
George Papadopoulos, Trump 2016 campaign foreign policy adviser whose contacts with Joseph Mifsud and Russian intermediaries triggered the FBI's Russia investigation; he pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and was pardoned in 2020.
Georgia's 14th congressional district
Georgia's 14th congressional district, also known as GA-14, is a U.S. House district covering northwest Georgia and Atlanta's northwestern exurbs, created in 2011 and currently represented by Republican Clay Fuller.
Governor of New Hampshire
The governor of New Hampshire is the state's chief executive, elected every two years and ranked among the country's weakest governorships because a five-member Executive Council must approve appointments, pardons, and spending.
Greenlandic independence
Greenlandic independence (Kalaallit Nunaat's separation from Denmark): the section 21 Self-Government Act procedure, never started, requiring a Greenlandic decision, referendum, and Folketing consent; blocked mainly by the Danish block grant and shaped by the 2026 US defence agreement.
Heights of presidents and presidential candidates of the United States
The heights of US presidents and major presidential candidates: Lincoln tallest at 1.93 m, Madison shortest at 1.63 m; taller candidates win 58% of elections, near chance.
Hello Garci scandal
The Hello Garci scandal was a 2005 Philippine political crisis begun when wiretapped recordings apparently of President Arroyo and an election commissioner discussing rigging the 2004 election surfaced.
Hillary Clinton email controversy
Hillary Clinton email controversy: her exclusive use of a private Chappaqua server as secretary of state (2009-2013), the 2015 disclosure, FBI investigation, 2016 no-charge decisions, Weiner laptop reopening, and oversight findings.
House of Representatives (Indonesia)
Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR RI), Indonesia's House of Representatives: directly elected five-yearly national legislature with legislation, budget, and oversight functions under the 1945 Constitution, 13 commissions in 2024-2029.
House of Representatives (衆議院) (Japan)
House of Representatives (衆議院, Shūgiin), lower house of Japan's National Diet: 465 members (289 constituencies, 176 proportional representation), four-year terms subject to dissolution, legislative and budgetary precedence over the House of Councillors, 1994 electoral reform, and 2024 and 2026 election results.
Hungarian parliamentary obstruction (1904–1906)
The Hungarian parliamentary obstruction of 1904 to 1906 was a crisis sparked by István Tisza's handkerchief vote, ending with Sándor Wekerle's coalition government in 1906.
Hunter Biden laptop controversy
Hunter Biden laptop controversy: MacBook Pro left at a Wilmington, Delaware repair shop in 2019, revealed by the New York Post in October 2020, suppressed by Twitter and Facebook, later authenticated by forensics, the FBI, and a 2024 DOJ filing.
I. Thahira
Thahira (I. Thahira) is an Indian politician of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), elected MLA from Ranipet, Tamil Nadu in 2026 with 91,149 votes (41.2%), defeating DMK's R. Gandhi by 5,787 votes; aged 40, 10th pass, declared assets Rs 33,000, no criminal cases.
Illinois General Assembly
Illinois General Assembly: bicameral state legislature of Illinois (Senate, House of Representatives), created by the 1818 constitution, meeting in the Springfield capitol; 59 senators, 118 representatives, no term limits, currently Democratic-controlled 104th General Assembly.
Illinois Senate
The Illinois Senate is the 59-member upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, meeting in Springfield. Senators serve staggered 2-4-4 or 4-4-2 decade term cycles from single-member districts; Democrats hold the majority.
Illinois's congressional delegations
Illinois's congressional delegations: the state's U.S. senators and House members since 1818. Currently two Democratic senators (Durbin, Duckworth) and 17 representatives, 14 Democrats and 3 Republicans, in the 119th Congress.
Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff
The impeachment of Dilma Rousseff was the 2016 removal of Brazil's first woman president after the Senate convicted her of fiscal accounting crimes; Michel Temer succeeded her.
Independence of Turkmenistan
Independence of Turkmenistan: established 27 October 1991 after a 26 October referendum (94 percent for), via Constitutional Law No. 573-XII; UN member March 1992; permanent neutrality recognized by the UN in 1995, 2015, and 2025.
Independence of Uzbekistan
The independence of Uzbekistan was proclaimed on 31 August 1991, when the Supreme Soviet renamed the Uzbek SSR the Republic of Uzbekistan, months before the Soviet Union dissolved.
Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA bloc) is an opposition coalition formed 18 July 2023 in Bengaluru by 26 parties, led by Congress under Mallikarjun Kharge, to defeat the BJP; it won 234 Lok Sabha seats in 2024 and has since faced defections and the DMK's 2026 exit.
Indiana elections
Indiana elections are held in even-numbered years on November Election Day, with the governor elected in presidential years and half the State Senate up every two years.
Indigenous Voice to Parliament
Indigenous Voice to Parliament: proposed Australian constitutional advisory body from the 2017 Uluru Statement; rejected at the 14 October 2023 referendum with 60.06% No nationally and in all six states.
Internal Settlement
The Internal Settlement was the March 3, 1978 agreement signed in Salisbury, Rhodesia, by Ian Smith and three black nationalist leaders, providing for majority rule.
Internet Research Agency (Агентство интернет-исследований)
Internet Research Agency (Агентство интернет-исследований, IRA, Trolls from Olgino): St Petersburg Russian troll farm founded 2013, funded by Yevgeny Prigozhin, indicted by Mueller in 2018 for 2016 US election interference, disbanded 2023.
Issue and policy referendums
Issue and policy referendums are public votes on policy questions, initiated by citizens' initiative, popular veto, or legislative referral; Swiss citizens' initiatives pass only about 10% of the time.
Italian nuclear power referendums
Italian nuclear power referendums: abrogative votes of 8–9 November 1987 (after Chernobyl, ~80% for repeal) and 12–13 June 2011 (after Fukushima, ~94% against new reactors) that ended Italy's nuclear program.
Jamie Whitten
Jamie Whitten, formally Jamie Lloyd Whitten (1910–1995), was a Mississippi Democrat who served in the US House from 1941 to 1995, longer than anyone before him.
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly: unicameral legislature of the UT of J&K under the 2019 Reorganisation Act; 90 elected plus 5 appointed members; NC-Congress won the 2024 election with 48 of 95 seats.