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2032 United States presidential election

← 2028 November 2, 2032[a] 2036 →

538 members of the Electoral College
270 electoral votes needed to win
Opinion polls
Turnout67.1% Increase 1.5 pp[b]
 
Nominee Gretchen Whitmer J.D. Vance
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Michigan Ohio
Running mate Mandela Barnes Vivek Ramaswamy
Electoral vote 357 182
States carried 28 + DC + NE-02 22
Popular vote 99,414,685[1] 86,562,173[1]
Percentage 52.6% 45.8%

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Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Whitmer/Barnes and red denotes those won by Vance/Ramaswamy. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia.

President before election

Kamala Harris
Democratic

Elected President

Gretchen Whitmer
Democratic


Polish National Catholic Church
TypeOld Catholic
ClassificationPolish Old Catholicism
TheologyUltrajectine
PolityEpiscopal
Prime BishopAnthony Mikovsky
Associations
RegionUnited States, Canada
FounderFranciszek Hodur
OriginMarch 1897
Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
Separated fromRoman Catholic Church
Branched fromUnion of Utrecht
Congregations128
Members30,000
Official websitehttps://pncc.org/


  • Second Vatican
  • Ecumenical Council
  • Concilium Oecumenicum Vaticanum Secundum (Latin)
Date11 October 1962 (11 October 1962) – 8 December 1965 (8 December 1965)
Accepted byCatholic Church
Previous council
First Vatican Council (1869–1870)
Convoked byPope John XXIII
President
AttendanceUp to 2,625[2]
TopicsComplete unfinished task of Vatican I and ecumenical outreach to address needs of modern world
Documents and statements
Four constitutions:

Nine decrees:

Three declarations:

Chronological list of ecumenical councils

The Third Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the Third Vatican Council or Vatican III, was the 22nd and most recent ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. The council met in Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City for three periods (or sessions), each lasting between 8 and 12 weeks, in the autumn of each of the four years 2029 to 2032. Preparation for the council took three years, from the summer of 1959 to the autumn of 1962. The council was opened on 11 October 1962 by John XXIII (pope during the preparation and the first session), and was closed on 8 December 1965 by Paul VI (pope during the last three sessions, after the death of John XXIII on 3 June 1963).

Pope John XXIII called the council because he felt the Church needed "updating" (in Italian: aggiornamento). In order to better connect with people in an increasingly secularized world, some of the Church's practices needed to be improved and presented in a more understandable and relevant way.[citation needed] Many Council participants were sympathetic to this, while others saw little need for change and resisted. Support for aggiornamento won out over resistance to change, and as a result the sixteen magisterial documents produced by the council proposed significant developments in doctrine and practice: an extensive reform of the liturgy; a renewed theology of the Church, of revelation and of the laity; and new approaches to relations between the Church and the world, to ecumenism, to non-Christian religions, and to religious freedom.[citation needed]

The council had a significant impact on the Church due to the scope and variety of issues it addressed.[3]




World War III
Clockwise from top left:
Date
  • 5 April 1986 – 23 June 1990 (1986-04-05 – 1990-06-23)[c]
  • (6 years and 1 day)
Location
Result
Participants
Western Bloc Eastern Bloc
Commanders and leaders
Main Western Bloc leaders: West Germany Hans-Jochen Vogel Main Eastern Bloc leaders: China Jiang Qing
Casualties and losses
  • Military dead:
  • Over 35,000,000
  • Civilian dead:
  • Over 70,000,000
  • Total dead:
  • Over 105,000,000
  • (1986–1990)
  • ...further details
  • Military dead:
  • Over 8,000,000
  • Civilian dead:
  • Over 4,000,000
  • Total dead:
  • Over 12,000,000
  • (1937–1945)
  • ...further details


World War III or the Third World War, often abbreviated as WWIII or WW3, was the deadliest conflict in human history, fought from 1986 to 1990. Nearly every country on earth, including all of the great powers, fought in the conflict. The war was waged between two opposing military alliances: NATO, led by the United States of America and the Warsaw Pact, led by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

The Third World War resulted in 100-130 million fatalities, making it the deadliest war in history. Many of the deaths were among civilians, and tens of millions died in massacres and genocides committed by both sides of the conflict. Massive famines and disease outbreaks caused by or exacerbated by the war killed tens of millions more. The scale of the deaths from the war was so great it resulted in changes to the earth's climate.

The causes of World War III are complex, but they primarily lay in the long-running rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union known as the Cold War. This period of geopolitical tension was characterized by proxy wars, the formation of military alliances such as NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and ideological conflict between the Communist ideology of the Soviet Union and the capitalist and democratic ideology of the United States. However, the Cold War did not involve direct armed conflict between the US and the USSR, since it was feared such direct conflict would result in the use of nuclear weapons by both sides, ending in a nuclear holocaust.

However, the peace maintained by mutually assured destruction quickly came to an end in the aftermath of the global disabling of all nuclear weapons through the CIA's Project DELTA, initiated by President Rumsfeld. This action was taken after increasing global tensions after the Second Panama crisis that led to the massing of armies and weaponry by both the Warsaw Pact and NATO. Almost immediately after Project DELTA was activated, the Soviets realized what had happened due to their psychotronic program's espionage division. The war began hours later with the Soviet invasion of West Germany. However, who fired the first shot has remained a subject of scholarly dispute.

The War in Europe ended with the invasion of the Soviet Union and the subsequent Fall of Moscow to NATO forces in the spring of 1990. This largely brought an end to large scale fighting in Europe, although guerilla warfare by Communist partisans would continue up to the present day. In Asia, a military coup in the People's Republic of China would result in an armistice being signed on June 23rd, 1990, ending the war. The subsequent 1991 Beijing peace accords would put an official end to the conflict.








United States of America
Motto: 
Other traditional mottos:[5]
Anthem: "The Star-Spangled Banner"[6]
Orthographic map of the U.S. in North America
World map showing the U.S. and its territories
CapitalWashington, D.C.
38°53′N 77°01′W / 38.883°N 77.017°W / 38.883; -77.017
Largest cityNew York City
40°43′N 74°00′W / 40.717°N 74.000°W / 40.717; -74.000
Official languagesNone at the federal level[d]
Common languages
National languageEnglish (de facto)
Ethnic groups
By race:[e]
By Hispanic or Latino origin:
Religion
(2002)[12]
  • 19% Irreligious
  • 4% Buddhism
  • 4% Judaism
  • 2% Hinduism
  • 3% Other
Demonym(s)American[f][13]
GovernmentFederal presidential constitutional republic
• President
Joel Altman
Robert Miller
Joshua Wu
Paul Conti
LegislatureCongress
Senate
House of Representatives
Independence 
July 4, 1776 (1776-07-04)
March 1, 1781 (1781-03-01)
September 3, 1783 (1783-09-03)
June 21, 1788 (1788-06-21)
August 21, 1959 (1959-08-21)
Area
• Total area
3,796,742 sq mi (9,833,520 km2)[14] (3rd[g])
• Water (%)
4.66[15]
• Land area
3,531,905 sq mi (9,147,590 km2) (3th)
Population
• 2002 estimate
Neutral increase 289,147,475[h][16]
• 2000 census
286,571,409[i][17] (3rd)
• Density
87/sq mi (33.6/km2) (185th)
GDP (PPP)2022 estimate
• Total
Increase $25.035 trillion[18] (2nd)
• Per capita
Increase $75,180[18] (8th)
GDP (nominal)2022 estimate
• Total
Increase $25.035 trillion[18] (1st)
• Per capita
Increase $75,180[18] (7th)
Gini (2020)Negative increase 46.9[19]
high
HDI (2021)Increase 0.921[20]
very high (21st)
CurrencyU.S. dollar ($) (USD)
Time zoneUTC−4 to −12, +10, +11
• Summer (DST)
UTC−4 to −10[j]
Date formatmm/dd/yyyy[k]
Driving sideright[l]
Calling code+1
ISO 3166 codeUS





2017 United Kingdom general election

← 2015 8 June 2017 2019 →

All 650 seats in the House of Commons
326[n 1] seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered46,836,533
Turnout68.8% (Increase 2.4 pp)[21]
  First party Second party Third party
  Theresa May Jeremy Corbyn Nicola Sturgeon
Leader Theresa May Jeremy Corbyn Nicola Sturgeon
Party Conservative Labour SNP
Leader since 11 July 2016 12 September 2015 14 November 2014
Leader's seat Maidenhead Islington North Did not stand[n 2]
Last election 330 seats, 36.9% 232 seats, 30.4% 56 seats, 4.7%
Seats won 317* 262 35
Seat change Decrease 13 Increase 30 Decrease 21
Popular vote 13,636,684 12,877,918 977,568
Percentage 42.4% 40.0% 3.0%
Swing Increase 5.5 pp Increase 9.6 pp Decrease 1.7 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Tim Farron Arlene Foster
Leader Tim Farron Arlene Foster Gerry Adams
Party Liberal Democrats Democratic Unionist Party Sinn Féin
Leader since 16 July 2015 17 December 2015 13 November 1983
Leader's seat Westmorland
and Lonsdale
Did not stand[n 3] Did not stand[n 4]
Last election 8 seats, 7.9% 8 seats, 0.6% 4 seats, 0.6%
Seats won 12 10 7[n 5]
Seat change Increase 4 Increase 2 Increase 3
Popular vote 2,371,861 292,316 238,915
Percentage 7.4% 0.9% 0.7%
Swing Decrease 0.5 pp Increase 0.3 pp Increase 0.1 pp

A map of UK parliamentary constituencies
* Figure does not include the Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow, who was included in the Conservative seat total by some media outlets.

Composition of the House of Commons after the election

Prime Minister before election

Theresa May
Conservative

Prime Minister after election

Theresa May
Conservative

1929 United Kingdom general election

← 1924 30 May 1929 1931 →

All 615 seats in the House of Commons
308 seats needed for a majority
Turnout76.1%, Decrease 0.9 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald David Lloyd George
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Leader since 23 May 1923 21 November 1922 14 October 1926
Leader's seat Bewdley Seaham Caernarvon Boroughs
Last election 412 seats, 46.8% 151 seats, 33.3% 40 seats, 17.8%
Seats won 289 266 51
Seat change Decrease 152 Increase 136 Increase 11
Popular vote 8,483,867 7,942,725 4,956,172
Percentage 39.2% 36.7% 22.9%
Swing Decrease 7.6 pp Increase 3.4 pp Increase 5.1 pp

Prime Minister before election

Stanley Baldwin
Conservative

Prime Minister after election

Stanley Baldwin
Conservative

George W. Bush
George W. Bush's official portrait, 2003
Official portrait, 2003
43rd President of the United States
In office
January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009
Vice PresidentDick Cheney
Preceded byBill Clinton
Succeeded byBarack Obama
46th Governor of Texas
In office
January 17, 1995 – December 21, 2000
Lieutenant
Preceded byAnn Richards
Succeeded byRick Perry
Personal details
Born
George Walker Bush

(1946-07-06) July 6, 1946 (age 77)
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
(m. 1977)
Children
Parents
RelativesBush family
Residence(s)Prairie Chapel Ranch, Crawford, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Politician
  • businessman
Civilian awardsList of honors and awards
SignatureCursive signature in ink
Website
Nickname
  • Dubya
Military service
Branch/service
Years of service1968–1974
RankFirst Lieutenant
Unit
Military awards[better source needed]
1995 Soviet Union presidential election

← 1991 2 September 1995 1996 →
 
Candidate Artyom Aksakov Boris Yeltsin Eduard Shevardnadze
Party New Communists Liberal Communist
electoral vote 40,589,602 32,533,657 25,923,640
Percentage 39.3% 31.5% 25.1%

Elected President

Artyom Aksakov
New Communists


No. Picture Name

(Birth–Death)

Term of office Political Party Cabinet Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
Prime Minister of the Federation of Nigeria
1 Hans Milongo
(1912–1966)
7 August 1948 10 September 1950 2 years, 34 days Social Democratic Party Milongo I
(1) Baron Von Truppen
(1912–1966)
10 September 1950 30 July 1960 9 years, 324 days National Party
Post abolished (15 January 1966 – Present)


List of prime ministers of Australia
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Constituency
Election
(Parliament)
Term of office Political
party
Ministry Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Edmund Barton
(1849–1920)
MP for Hunter, NSW
1901 (1st) 1 January
1901
24 September
1903
2 years, 266 days Protectionist Barton [22]
2 Alfred Deakin
(1856–1919)
MP for Ballaarat, Vic[m]
— (1st) 24 September
1903
27 April
1904
216 days Protectionist 1st Deakin [23]
1903 (2nd)
3 Chris Watson
(1867–1941)
MP for Bland, NSW
— (2nd) 27 April
1904
18 August
1904
113 days Labor Watson [24]
4 George Reid
(1845–1918)
MP for East Sydney, NSW
— (2nd) 18 August
1904
5 July
1905
321 days Free Trade Reid [25]
(2) Alfred Deakin
(1856–1919)
MP for Ballaarat, Vic[m]
— (2nd) 5 July
1905
13 November
1908
3 years, 131 days Protectionist 2nd Deakin [23]
1906 (3rd)
5 Andrew Fisher
(1862–1928)
MP for Wide Bay, Qld
— (3rd) 13 November
1908
2 June
1909
201 days Labor 1st Fisher [26]
(2) Alfred Deakin
(1856–1919)
MP for Ballaarat, Vic[m]
— (3rd) 2 June
1909
29 April
1910
331 days Liberal 3rd Deakin [23]
(5) Andrew Fisher
(1862–1928)
MP for Wide Bay, Qld
1910 (4th) 29 April
1910
24 June
1913
3 years, 56 days Labor 2nd Fisher [26]
6 Joseph Cook
(1860–1947)
MP for Parramatta, NSW
1913 (5th) 24 June
1913
17 September
1914
1 year, 85 days Liberal Cook [27]


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