US08: Two weeks out

The United States will elect its 44th President in less than two weeks time, on Tuesday, November 4. You would have to say that...

The Green tide?

Support for the Greens has increased markedly since the beginning of 2008. Newspoll has shown an increase in the party vote over the 10%...

US08: Wingnut Congresswoman sticks both feet in her mouth

I haven't written a full analysis post on any of the US House races yet, but just wanted to share this: arch-conservative Congresswoman Michelle...

US08: State of the Senate

In addition to the Presidential election and the House of Representatives, one third of the US Senate will be elected. In addition to the...

This week in satire…

This will hopefully become a weekly post with mainly funny political videos. This week it will be a bit full, due to a backlog,...

ACT Election: the aftermath

So here's where we are the day after the election. Labor suffered a 9.3% swing against them, while the Liberals suffered a 3.7% swing and...

Liveblogging in the Bush Capital

8:44pm - No great news. Appears fairly certain the breakdown will be 7-7-3. There might be some interesting races within each party for seats,...

Ginninderra stories

So I just got back to my house in Hackett in the Canberra inner north. I spent the day travelling around the Ginninderra electorate visiting...

NSW Super Saturday: last minute coverage

The best coverage is being provided by Antony Green. This is the problem with having so many elections in short order. It's election morning and...

ACT 2008: Ginninderra and Brindabella

More election-eve coverage from Poll Bludger and Decomposing Trees. Voters will go to the polls on Saturday in the Australian Capital Territory to elect their...