Podcast #94: Moving forward in Thailand
Ben is joined by journalist Erin Cook to discuss last weekend's national election in Thailand, which saw the progressive Move Forward win the most...
NSW 2023 – final dataset complete
I've now finished my dataset for the 2023 NSW state election and I've added it to the data repository.
The repository now has data for...
ACT redistribution – draft maps released
The draft electoral boundaries for the next ACT Legislative Assembly election were released this morning. You can find the report here, and the map...
New dataset – referendum results
As I started to put my mind to the upcoming Voice referendum, I realised there was a surprising absence of data on the results...
Directly electing mayors – a livestream discussion
Last month I wrote a post explaining why I oppose mayors being directly elected by the voters rather than elected by their fellow councillors,...
Tasmanian upper house elections tonight
Voters in three Tasmanian Legislative Council divisions are voting today for members to represent those seats for the next six years.
I won't be liveblogging...
Fadden by-election incoming
Federal Liberal MP Stuart Robert announced his retirement this morning from his northern Gold Coast electorate of Fadden. I think this probably will be...
NSW 2023 – the growing early vote and the election night vote gap
As my final blog post about the 2023 NSW state election, I wanted to look back at how people cast their votes in 2023...
Proportionality of the NSW election result
Today's post is a follow-up to analysis I did of the recent federal and Victorian elections, looking at how the recent NSW election rates...
NSW 2023 – how preferences decided the close races
When you look at the NSW election results at the state level, there are some general trends that dominate when it comes to preferences....