Taking a break for a while
Now that the election is over I will be taking an extended break. I won't be doing any work on the Tally Room for...
NT redistribution – draft boundaries released
While we've been focused on the federal election, redistributions have been progressing for the local Legislative Assemblies in both the ACT and the Northern...
Senate count update – week four
We're now halfway through the fourth week of counting for the Senate, and the count has got close to the finish line, although we...
Mapping the Molan BTL vote
Jim Molan grabbed a lot of attention in the election for his quixotic attempt to be re-elected from the fourth spot on the NSW...
Map of the day – northern Tasmania
I received a request earlier this week to consider making a map showing the results of the map in Bass and Braddon, the two...
Map of the day – swings in opposite directions for Greens in Victoria
As I've been putting together these maps I was particularly interested in seeing what the booth map looked like for the Victorian Greens. There...
Swinging maps in Canberra
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) never receives much attention in federal elections, but I found some interesting trends when I mapped out the results...
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....