South Australian redistribution finished
Over the weekend I finished a Google Earth map of the finalised 2014 boundaries for the South Australian state election. I had previously posted...
Elsewhere in the media…
Last week I had a piece published on New Matilda about the experiment with election privatisation at the recent NSW local government elections.
I will also...
USA 2012: Another election mess
The mess that is US election administration was demonstrated most clearly at the 2000 presidential election, when the result hinged on an effective tie...
USA 2012: All about demographics
The big story of last week’s US presidential election was the impact of demographic change on election results. While Mitt Romney won a large...
USA 2012: Results wrap
Tuesday's election was definitely a strong result for the Democrats, with Republicans picking up the scraps with a few victories.
The Democrats performed very strongly...
USA 2012: Election results live
Barack Obama elected to second term, with at least 274 electoral votes.
50/51 states called
Barack Obama - 303
Mitt Romney - 206
5:18pm - That's all for...
USA 2012: Result prediction
Election results are expected to start coming in late on Wednesday morning, Australian time. I thought it would be interesting to put cards on...
USA 2012: Democrats holding on to the Senate
After early signs indicating that the Democrats were in danger of losing control of the Senate this week, it now looks like the Democrats...
The end of gerrymandering in California
I've blogged a few times over the last couple of years about the perverse processes used in most US states when drawing electoral boundaries...
USA 2012: Are the toss-ups really that close?
Earlier today I blogged about how the number of battleground states has dwindled down to only eight states: Ohio, Florida, Virginia, Colorado, New Hampshire,...