Another surge of councillors in state parliament?
I've been an unusual number of councillors announcing their candidacy for the state election. It made me wonder, how many are actually running? How...
What is the likely gender balance in the new NSW parliament?
It's a common topic on this blog that I analyse how many men and women are nominated for each party, but it's not really...
Podcast #87: Prospects for a hung parliament in NSW
In today's episode Ben is joined by Peter Chen from the University of Sydney. They discuss the prospects for a hung parliament and the...
Preference data that could inform a hung parliament
There is a lot of speculation about the potential for a hung parliament in NSW, legitimately in my opinion.
In today's post, the last examining...
What votes make up the 2PP?
As a follow up to last week's series of articles on preference flows, I wanted to understand which voters end up in the two-party-preferred...
The numbers for the upcoming NT redistribution
Everyone including myself is closely focused on the NSW state election, but I wanted to draw a bit of attention to an upcoming redistribution,...
NSW 2023 – Nominations close
Nominations were declared yesterday in the New South Wales state election. There has been a slight reduction in the number of candidates in the...
How preferences flow between Greens and Labor
This blog post was inspired by some discussion about the race in the seat of Lismore. Labor candidate Janelle Saffin came second in 2019,...
NSW 2023 – 2PP preference flows by party under OPV
In yesterday's blog post, I looked at how many numbers voters tend to fill out on their ballot paper. Today I'm going to look...
How people fill out their ballots in NSW
In this blog post I'll be analysing how much people fill out their ballot paper, and how it differs between parties and based on...