Podcast #115: A tour of Tasmania’s electorates
Ben was joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to discuss the Tasmanian state election. We run through the five state electorates one...
Mapping intra-party booth results in Tasmania
In yesterday's post I explored some of the intra-party dynamics you get under Hare-Clark when multiple candidates from the same party are competing.
In this...
How often do Tasmanian MPs lose their seats?
One of the almost unique features of Tasmania's Hare-Clark electoral system is the potential for voters to choose individual candidates over others in the...
Brisbane City – early voting update
The trend of voters choosing to cast their votes has been progressing for a long time, but there was a major shift in 2020,...
The 35-seat Tasmanian status quo
Tasmania's lower house will be expanding in size from 25 to 35 at the upcoming election.
Usually when we analyse election results, a key tool...
Unpicking Labor’s multi-party scare
Yesterday I was informed of a website from Tasmanian Labor that has been used in text messages to Tasmanian voters.
I don't normally comment on...
Podcast #114: Queensland council elections preview
Ben is joined by Alexis Pink from community radio station 4ZZZ and Andrew Messenger from the Guardian Australia to discuss the upcoming council elections...
The two Tasmanias
Tasmanian state elections often play out across a north-south divide, with the two southern electorates playing out differently than the northern remainder of the...
How optional preferential voting affects Brisbane City elections
In cases where members are elected to represent single-member wards, or divisions, Queensland councils use the optional preferential voting (OPV) electoral system to elect...
The decline of the two-party system in Brisbane
Brisbane City's single-member wards lend themselves to two-party competition, but in recent decades we've seen the rise of the Greens, first by just contesting...