Why do parties hand out how-to-votes?
On the afternoon of the election I had a discussion on Twitter about why parties hand out how-to-vote cards and the significance of their...
Canada takes another shot at a majority
Canadian voters will go to the polls on 2 May for their fourth federal election in seven years.
The centre-left Liberal Party governed in majority...
Can Campbell do it?
While we were all distracted by the recent NSW election, an interesting psephological story broke in Queensland with relatively little fanfare.
The Lord Mayor of...
Labor and the Punch lie about Greens and Hanson
Plenty of people have already taken News Ltd hack David Penberthy to task for his lie that the Greens preferenced Pauline Hanson in the...
NSW 2011: Legislative Council count moves forward
A lot of information has fed into the count for the Legislative Council, bringing us much closer to a conclusion.
Nearly all above-the-line votes have...
NSW 2011: Legislative Council
At the latest point in the count in the Legislative Council, the figures for the main contenders are:
Liberal/National - 10.66 quotas
Labor - 5.35
Greens -...
NSW 2011: seats in doubt
There are a number of seats that are in doubt after last night's counting.
Balmain - Balmain is the most interesting seat of the election...
NSW 2011: general wrap-up
I'll be writing a number of posts today about the result's of yesterday's NSW state election, covering the seats in doubt, the race in...
NSW 2011: results
8:52 - Seats that Labor currently appears to have lost to the Coalition: Blue Mountains, Camden, Campbelltown, Charlestown, Coogee, Drummoyne, Gosford, Heathcote, Londonderry, Maitland,...
NSW election open thread
The people of New South Wales are going to the polls today in a state election. The Coalition is expected to win a massive...