Federal 2019 – Swan’s booths move to the centre
Once you notice the trend of Liberal areas (particularly those with higher education and income levels) swinging towards Labor while Labor areas swing to...
The informal rate is rising, but more votes have been counted
After my post on Friday evening about turnout levels I've also done some further analysis into the rate of informal voting at the recent...
The turnout is pretty good actually
The Sydney Morning Herald published an article this afternoon claiming that the recent federal election had "one of the lowest voter turnouts" in the last century....
Swings without Turnbull – cumulative swings since 2013
With all of the conversation about large swings in particular parts of the country at the recent election, a few people have been discussing...
The great divide in Macquarie and the big swing in Lindsay
I'm writing this post on Tuesday evening. Earlier today Labor MP Susan Templeman narrowly pulled ahead in the seat of Macquarie by just 27...
Mallee moves apart
It looks like the Nationals have retained the seat of Mallee in north-western Victoria, but the race was remarkably wide open, with no candidate...
Mapping Warringah
The federal election generally went well for the government, but they suffered a big defeat in the northern Sydney seat of Warringah, where former...
One Nation’s big vote in the Hunter
One of the big surprises in the recent federal election was the performance of One Nation in the NSW electorate of Hunter. This seat...
Senate count update – one state left in play
The Senate count has been progressing for a week now and I thought it was about time to give an update (my previous post...
Federal 2019 – update on the close races
It's now a week since the election and there are only a handful of seats that are still in play. In this post I'll...