California in negative spending blitz

As the campaign comes into its final week, the airwaves in California are jampacked with negative campaign ads. While I've been in San Francisco...

Preference experiments growing in the Bay Area

Today I visited the election administration in Alameda County, which covers areas on the eastern side of San Francisco Bay, centred on the City...

California in referenda battle over redistricting

I'm currently staying in San Francisco, visiting for the US midterm elections. California is a more interesting state than you would normally expect for...

Heading to the United States

Later today I will be heading to San Francisco for the final week of the US midterm elections. I plan to blog while I...

Victorian politics update

You may have noticed that there has not been any new posts on the blog for the last two weeks. I have taken a...

Keneally’s grab for cash

The NSW Labor government is currently using the cover of supposed "campaign finance reform" to rig the public funding system to give more money...

Breaking down the UK Labour vote

The UK Labour Party has provided a great deal of data on how members voted in the recent election for the leadership of the...

Ed Milliband wins UK Labour leadership

In a remarkably close result, Ed Milliband has won the vote of Labour MPs, Labour Party members and union members to become the next...

USA 2010: Colorado Governor

Colorado's current Govenor is Bill Ritter (D), who is not standing for re-election in 2010, after being elected at the 2006 election. Colorado's gubernatorial elections...

UK Labour chooses a new leader

The UK Labour Party is currently entering the final stages of a months-long process to choose a leader to succeed Gordon Brown, following their...