Galaxy/Nielsen: 52-48 to Labor, Greens on 14/13

I don't usually post about the regular polls that we will see more of over the next few weeks as we plunge into the...

Seat profile #136: Murray

Murray is a safe Liberal seat in northern Victoria. It covers Victorian towns on the southern side of the Murray river, including Shepparton and...

Finishing the guide to the federal election

Yesterday I finished the final seat in the guide to the federal election. I have now posted all 150, which you can access in...

What will Julia do?

From media reports, it appears that Julia Gillard is set to be comfortably elected as Labor leader and Prime Minister tomorrow morning. The question...

Penrith by-election maps

I've now created a few booth maps showing the primary vote results for the Greens and the two-party preferred figures for the Liberals (who...

Penrith: first impressions

I thought I'd jot down some thoughts on the results in today's by-elections, primarily in Penrith and to a lesser extent in Hawkesbury. Make no...

Penrith by-election live

8:40 - The two largest swings in by-elections in NSW were 23% in Ryde and 21.8% in Cabramatta, both in 2008 after Morris Iemma's...

Follow #penrithdebate on Twitter

You can follow today's Twitter debate between NSW Premier Kristina Keneally, Leader of the Opposition Barry O'Farrell and Greens MP Lee Rhiannon right here...

More psephojunk from the Australian

The entirely forgotten former Labor senator John Black has published a very strange and stupid piece of electoral analysis in yesterday's Australian, basically arguing...

Dutch election this week

The Netherlands is going to the polls on Wednesday to elect a new Parliament after the sitting government recently fell after failing to reach...