Wentworth wrap-up – Liberals destroyed in heartland
Tonight's election result was very clear. A massive swing against the Liberal Party has pushed the Morrison coalition government into a minority position, with...
Wentworth by-election live
9:33 - I'm going to end this liveblog here. We now have primary vote figures from all ordinary booths, and are just missing the...
Wentworth election day open thread
Polls have just opened in the federal by-election in the seat of Wentworth in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. I'll be back at 6pm...
No podcast this week
Apologies for this, I was planning to publish a podcast today about the Wentworth campaign and Victoria but some technical issues mean it won't...
New website design
Some of my more committed readers may have noticed that this website was unavailable late on Saturday night. Basically an attempt to install a...
The three Wentworths
When I produce seat guides, I always like to split up the polling places in the electorate into a number of subareas. I find that there are times where you want a sense of the different parts of the seat, but the granular detail of polling places can confuse the broader trends.
Sometimes these subareas represent very clear and distinct divisions in a community, while sometimes they're more arbitrary. But I think my breakdown of Wentworth reflects some pretty strong differences within the seat which I think will play out on October 20.
New by-elections datasets available
I've just added a bunch of extra data to my collection, covering all of the recent by-elections.
By-election data can often be even more scattered...
Podcast #9 – Wentworth and Victoria
Ben is joined by William Bowe and Georgia Tkachuk to discuss the Wentworth by-election and to begin discussing the Victorian state election.
Ben's analysis...
Here’s the complete Victorian election guide
I've finished posting the Victorian state election guide today, with all of the remaining seats available on the website now.
Check out the guide
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Vic 2018 – first draft of the candidate list
I've been trickling out seat guides for the Victorian election gradually for the last while. I've now posted 53 out of 88 lower house...