Federal election guide – now available to Patreon donors

I have just completed the first stage of the guide to the next federal election, and I'm now making it available as a reward...

Questions to be answered in NYC

New York City is currently undergoing their first experience of using ranked-choice voting, otherwise known as preferential voting, in a major election. It is...

WA federal redistribution finalised, in a sense

The Australian Electoral Commission has announced the final boundaries for Western Australia for the next federal election. While they have announced what changes have been...

Upper Hunter by-election live

10:14 - It's looking a decent-sized swing to the Nationals on the two-candidate-preferred vote. The existing margin was 2.6%, but it's looking like the...

Tasmania 2021 – parties keep improving in the upper house

With the final results now in from the Tasmanian state election, I wanted to go back to a post I wrote in early April...

Launching the NSW council election guide

Voters in New South Wales will go to the polls on September 4 to elect their local councils for the next three years. I have...

Tasmania 2021: the shift away from election day

We don't yet have final voting figures, but enough has been reported to be able to get a sense of how much of a...

Tasmania 2021: north and south diverge

I've been fascinated by how the two halves of Tasmania have moved apart at this election. The Liberal Party lost support overall, but managed...

Podcast #53: Tasmanian election results

Ben is joined by Kevin Bonham to discuss the results of Saturday's Tasmanian state election. Check out Kevin's analysis of the late counting at his...

Tasmania 2021 – mapping the vote

As promised, I have put together a map showing the vote at each election-day booth in Tasmania for the three major parties. Thanks to...