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Election results are expected to start coming in late on Wednesday morning, Australian time. I thought it would be interesting to put cards on...

After early signs indicating that the Democrats were in danger of losing control of the Senate this week, it now looks like the Democrats...

I've blogged a few times over the last couple of years about the perverse processes used in most US states when drawing electoral boundaries...

Earlier today I blogged about how the number of battleground states has dwindled down to only eight states: Ohio, Florida, Virginia, Colorado, New Hampshire,...

It's not new to write about the flaws of the electoral college: how it makes some states important and makes other states irrelevant, and...

A week from now, American voters will decide what is looking like being an extremely close presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Barack...

The results from Saturday's Sydney state by-election were decisive. It was a clear victory for independent candidate Alex Greenwich, and for Clover Moore's political...

Results of Sydney by-election 24/24 booths reporting primary votes. 24/24 booths reporting two-candidate-preferred votes. Candidate Party Prim % Swing 2PP % Swing Robyn Peebles CDP 1.9% +0.8% Alex Greenwich IND 48.5% +12.2% 64.9% +11.8% Chris Harris GRN 17.7% +5.0% Shayne Mallard LIB 29.8% -6.4% 35.1% -11.8% Glenn Wall IND 2.1% 2.1% 8:41pm - I was planning on...

Last weekend I was at the Marrickville Festival and ended up chatting with one of the members of the local heritage society. For a...

In addition to the Sydney by-election, Saturday is election day for 78 councils across Victoria. I haven't been following the Victorian council elections closely and...