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Voting is becoming a high-stakes, wildly unpredictable gamble
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Ranking candidates by order of preference would better reflect the will of the people, writes Eric Maskin

The tools bookmakers use to block data-savvy gamblers, and how to get round them

That does not mean regulators should stamp it out

Our build-a-voter model shows how unfaithful British voters have become

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

Squabbles over the Voting Rights Act could boost black turnout