New Zealand election results live
1:34 - As I wrap up tonight, and presumably after most NZ readers have gone to bed, I wanted to explore the question of...
Labor MLCs swap regions as nominations near in Victoria
Nominations close on Monday for the Victorian state election, but the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) has been gradually publishing candidate names on their website...
Is this the end of the two-party-preferred?
For the last four decades, each federal election produced a full two-party-preferred (2PP) count for the whole country - adding up who ranked Labor...
Podcast #172 – New Zealand’s MMP shows the strain
Ben is joined by James Mulrennan from The Overhang to discuss this weekend's New Zealand election - the parties, the polls and the ways...
Second Tally Room Live show in Melbourne
The first Tally Room Live podcast recording in Melbourne, on Tuesday December 1, is now sold out! Thank you to everyone who bought tickets.
I've...
Podcast #171: Victorian election catch-up
A month out from the Victorian state election, Ben and Benita Kolovos from the Guardian discuss the last four years of Victorian politics, the...
Podcast #170: OPV in the 21st century
In the final part of 'Just Vote 1', Ben runs through how parties encouraged voters to not number preferences to get a political advantage...
Victorian candidate update – will it be bigger than 2022?
I have recently completed another update of my candidate list for the Victorian state election, and you should now see longer lists of candidates...
Grab the first ever Tally Room merch!
With the Victorian state election coming up, and the first Tally Room live show, I thought I would have a go at making some...
New DemosAU MRP – how a small swing costs a lot of seats
DemosAU has now published four MRP polls over the last year - the very large polls that involve projecting the result in every seat....