Leigh Sales
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Feb 25, 2025 |
abc.net.au | Leigh Sales
Antony Green is stepping down as the national broadcaster's chief election analyst after more than three decades. He will continue to work behind the scenes on election-related projects. Green joined the ABC in 1989 and has provided live analysis of about 100 state and federal elections. The ABC's 2025 federal election coverage will be the last to feature Antony Green AO in an on-air role.
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Nov 6, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Leigh Sales
It is truly extraordinary the Democrats have convincingly lost a presidential election against one of the most discredited figures in modern American political history — a convicted felon, no less. And yet, the challenges for the Democratic Party, and the campaign's obvious mistakes and missteps, have been clear from the day Kamala Harris became the nominee.
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Nov 1, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Leigh Sales
During the next few days, you'll read and hear plenty of predictions about the US presidential election result. Much of it will be worthless, particularly in this age of misinformation and social media-fed confirmation bias. Left-leaning pundits will find reasons to forecast a likely victory for Democrat Kamala Harris, while conservative commentators will home in on reasons why Republican candidate Donald Trump will triumph.
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Nov 1, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Leigh Sales
History's lesson is that the election of a black woman to the White House goes against the odds and would be a huge break in an almost unbroken conga line of white men. But, of course, it is possible.
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Oct 1, 2024 |
rnz.co.nz | Leigh Sales
By Leigh Sales, ABCA twist few people could have predicted in the surprise-packed US presidential election as the triumphant return to public life of The Mooch. If you've forgotten, Anthony "The Mooch" Scaramucci was the brash, reflector sunglasses-wearing finance guy from Long Island who briefly acted as Donald Trump's press secretary in 2017. He lasted a grand total of 10 days before Trump sacked him.
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