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It's not new to write about the flaws of the electoral college: how it makes some states important and makes other states irrelevant, and...

A week from now, American voters will decide what is looking like being an extremely close presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Barack...

The results from Saturday's Sydney state by-election were decisive. It was a clear victory for independent candidate Alex Greenwich, and for Clover Moore's political...

Results of Sydney by-election 24/24 booths reporting primary votes. 24/24 booths reporting two-candidate-preferred votes. Candidate Party Prim % Swing 2PP % Swing Robyn Peebles CDP 1.9% +0.8% Alex Greenwich IND 48.5% +12.2% 64.9% +11.8% Chris Harris GRN 17.7% +5.0% Shayne Mallard LIB 29.8% -6.4% 35.1% -11.8% Glenn Wall IND 2.1% 2.1% 8:41pm - I was planning on...

Last weekend I was at the Marrickville Festival and ended up chatting with one of the members of the local heritage society. For a...

In addition to the Sydney by-election, Saturday is election day for 78 councils across Victoria. I haven't been following the Victorian council elections closely and...

Read the Tally Room guide to the Sydney by-election. Voters in the state electorate of Sydney will be voting on Saturday to choose a replacement...

NSW voters elected their local councillors six weeks ago, on September 8. At the time I was working on the election campaign and thus...

Saturday night's result in the ACT election wouldn't be surprising to anyone paying attention to recent elections across Australia. The Liberal Party gained ground, while...

10:30pm - In Brindabella, the Greens have faded and are unlikely to win a seat, producing a likely result of three Liberals and two...