Former US Ambassador running for Texas Governor

Via Daily Kos, former US Ambassador to Canberra Tom Schieffer has announced that he is considering a bid for Governor of Texas as a...

Global Greens fall out over Mexican Greens

It's a slightly old story, but the European Green Party, the umbrella party for all Green parties across the continent, have condemned the Mexican...

NSW state Newspoll: Rees slightly less screwed

In today's Australian, the regular bimonthly state poll for New South Wales shows a swing back to Labor from a catastrophic low of 26%...

Three-dimensional chess on the CPRS

Via Possum, we find that Essential Research released a poll yesterday including questions about various issues, and one in particular has piked my interest. Thinking...

Queensland Votes: day nine

A few bits of interesting information today: Former AFL footballer, pornstar, mayoral candidate and general Gold Coast identity Warwick Capper will be standing in the...

Elections in Spain

Tomorrow will see the first major elections in Europe since the onset of the global economic crisis. Up to four million voters in Spain...

Seat in Focus: Indooroopilly

Indooroopilly is considered one of the Liberal Party's traditional Brisbane seats, and is the only seat to cross the Brisbane River, lying in Brisbane's...

Washington DC to gain voting rights?

You might be surprised that the political capital of the United States, Washington, DC., still lacks any representation in the US Congress, while it...

Psephoblogs around the world

I love reading all the psephological blogs in Australia (primarily Crikey's Poll Bludger and Possum), as well as the bits of psephological content on...

Qld Galaxy poll: 50-50

Today's Courier Mail carries a poll by Galaxy, giving both the ALP and LNP 50% of the two-party-preferred, with the LNP leading on 43%...