Launching the guide to SA 2018

As we near the conclusion of 2017's election season, with the Bennelong by-election this weekend, I have finished my first major guide for 2018:...

Macarthur musical chairs

Just days after the Liberal Party actually conducted a local preselection to choose their candidate for Macarthur, the ALP has delved into the unedifying...

WA 2021 – election night

4:38am - That's it for this liveblog. I'll be back later today with more considered and extensive analysis. Thanks for following along. 4:36am - About one...

Likud/Yisrael Beiteinu ahead in Israeli election

Guest post from Ofir Thaler: In predicting the winners in Israeli elections, especially in the last 15 years, it is nowhere near enough to just...

NZ councils up for election

As part of my project to cover the 2014 New Zealand general election in more depth, I've just completed a Google Earth map of...

Nominations close for NSW council elections

This is just a quick post to note that nominations closed last Wednesday in the NSW council elections. I've posted the full candidate lists...

What might happen at the Victorian and WA federal redistributions?

Yesterday's post analysed the intra-state trends in terms of enrolment for each NSW federal electorate. Today I'm looking at the trends in Victoria and...

Seat #1: Epsom

Epsom is one of the most interesting electorates in the New Zealand election, for the fourth election in a row. Epsom is a wealthy,...

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...

Federal 2019 – update on the close races

It's now a week since the election and there are only a handful of seats that are still in play. In this post I'll...