Federal election open thread

There's been a lot of comments on various electorate profiles about the federal election that have been a bit more general than about a...

Federal election guide – more free seats

I have posted another two seat guides for the federal election as freebies for everyone to read: Boothby and Gilmore. With so many people...

Victorian state redistribution – summary of changes

The draft electoral boundaries for Victoria's next state election were released on Wednesday. Significant population growth on the outer fringe of Melbourne has seen...

Victorian federal redistribution finalised

The Australian Electoral Commission yesterday announced the final boundaries for Victoria for the next federal election. I don't have any detailed or complete analysis because...

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...