ACT and VIC redistributions live

3:01 - This is my last comment for now. I'll be working on the boundary map over the weekend and plan to return by...

This week’s guides – April 5

Since last week's post, I have published seven more guides. This includes the next five most marginal federal seats, as well as one donor...

Election guide update – some long weekend reading

As flagged earlier this week, I've now started work on the guides to the next federal election, along with the upcoming state elections in...

You tell me which seats to profile…

Now that the elections of March are mostly concluded, I've shifted my focus to my guides to the federal election and the state elections...

Tasmanian upper house guides posted

Tasmania's Legislative Council is elected by a unique voting system, with a small proportion of the fifteen seats up for election every year, with...

What happened to SA Best?

This is quite a long analysis of the SA Best performance at yesterday's state election. If you stick with it I've included a chart...

SA election – Liberals win government in status quo result

There's been a lot of chatter about SA Best and their impact on the SA election, and I will return to them in my...

Batman 2018 – the map tells the story

I love a good electoral map, that can tell a story about how a seat's population votes in different ways and how the balance...

Batman/SA election night live

Batman by-election results Candidate Party Primary Primary % Swing 2PP votes 2PP % 2PP Swing Yvonne Gentle Rise Up Australia 1895 2.56 2.56 Ged Kearney Labor 31226 42.22 8.01 39483 53.38 2.1 Alex Bhathal Greens 30470 41.19 5.57 34483 46.62 -2.1 Kevin Bailey Conservatives 4724 6.39 6.39 Tegan Burns People's Party 358 0.48 0.48 Debbie Robinson Liberty Alliance 957 1.29 1.29 Teresa Van Lieshout Independent 875 1.18 1.18 Adrian Whitehead Independent 617 0.83 0.83 Mark McDonald Sustainable Australia 737 1 1 Miranda Smith Animal Justice 2107 2.85 1.42 Primary...

Super saturday – election day thread

Polls have now opened in the South Australian state election and the federal Batman by-election, and will be opening in the state by-election in...