Preference experiments growing in the Bay Area

Today I visited the election administration in Alameda County, which covers areas on the eastern side of San Francisco Bay, centred on the City of Oakland. One point of interest that I wasn't aware of is that three of this county's larger cities will...

California in referenda battle over redistricting

I'm currently staying in San Francisco, visiting for the US midterm elections. California is a more interesting state than you would normally expect for such a Democratic state at this year's midterm elections. You have a highly competitive gubernatorial race, a strong Republican challenge...

Heading to the United States

Later today I will be heading to San Francisco for the final week of the US midterm elections. I plan to blog while I am over there, as well as writing a couple more pieces for Crikey on top of three already written. I have...

Victorian politics update

You may have noticed that there has not been any new posts on the blog for the last two weeks. I have taken a break from posting on the front page of the blog for the next two weeks. I am currently writing my...

Keneally’s grab for cash

The NSW Labor government is currently using the cover of supposed "campaign finance reform" to rig the public funding system to give more money to major parties and radically cut the funding to smaller parties. Last Tuesday, Keneally announced that she would be proposing campaign...

Breaking down the UK Labour vote

The UK Labour Party has provided a great deal of data on how members voted in the recent election for the leadership of the party. The Labour website has published the full preference ballot for all Members of the House of Commons and the European...

Ed Milliband wins UK Labour leadership

In a remarkably close result, Ed Milliband has won the vote of Labour MPs, Labour Party members and union members to become the next leader of the Labour Party, in the first close-run result under the hybrid electoral system. The UK Labour Party elects its...

USA 2010: Colorado Governor

Colorado's current Govenor is Bill Ritter (D), who is not standing for re-election in 2010, after being elected at the 2006 election. Colorado's gubernatorial elections were dominated by Democrats throughout the 20th century, holding office for 60 years in the 20th Century. The Democrats held...

UK Labour chooses a new leader

The UK Labour Party is currently entering the final stages of a months-long process to choose a leader to succeed Gordon Brown, following their election defeat earlier this year. Prime Minister Gordon Brown resigned, both as Labour leader and as Prime Minister, on 11 May,...

USA 2010: Minnesota Governor

Minnesota's current Governor is Republican Tim Pawlenty. After eight years in office, Pawlenty is not running for a third term this year. While Minnesota has voted Democrat consistently at every Presidential election since 1972, and has leaned Democratic in Senatorial and House elections, the Governor's...