New Zealand ’08: What to watch for on election night
Polls close in New Zealand at 7pm NZDT (5pm AEDT). I'm not sure how long the count will take, but I should be liveblogging...
Glenrothes shock as Labour holds on
A brief note that the Labour Party has held onto the Scottish seat of Glenrothes in yesterday's by-election. The seat was expected to fall...
Electoral maps
Via Crikey, Manhattan tech blogger Jason Kottke has posted a variety of different organisations' maps used to display results in the US presidential election....
US08: Summary of results part 2 – Congress
The Senate
The Democrats have picked up at least six Senate seats:
Virginia
North Carolina
New Hampshire
Colorado
New Mexico
Oregon, which was only declared today after a close count.
Three other...
US08: Summary of results part 1 – the Presidency
Barack Obama has been elected 44th President of the United States. In addition to winning all of those states won by John Kerry in...
Liveblogging USA
5:22pm - So I'm going home. With the Presidency, it appears that Obama will pick up North Carolina and Indiana, while Missouri will go...
Just f**king vote already! The US election prediction thread
With twenty-four hours to go until polls close in the first states in the US election, I thought it was a good time to...
This Week in Satire: November 3
Two clips today from the Daily Show last week.
NZ update: United Future and key electorate polls
With six days to go before the New Zealand general election, there has been little change in the campaigns. The opinion polls retain the...
Why Pennsylvania?
John McCain's campaign has focused much of its energy on Pennsylvania, despite remaining well short of winning the state in most polls. At first...