The Tally Room

Over the weekend I finished a Google Earth map of the finalised 2014 boundaries for the South Australian state election. I had previously posted a draft map on the blog months ago. Antony Green has posted a new pendulum and summaries of each new seat....

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 be interviewed this morning on Mornings with Linda Mottram on ABC local radio in Sydney (702 AM). I'll post the...

The mess that is US election administration was demonstrated most clearly at the 2000 presidential election, when the result hinged on an effective tie in Florida. Various courts intervened, rules varied depending on which official was issuing them, and ballot paper designs were proven...

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 majority of the white vote, it wasn't enough to win an election in a modern America with a rapidly growing...

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 in the presidential race, with Obama achieving a slim majority of the popular vote and holding on to most of...

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 today from me. The only state left to be called is Florida. I'll be back in the morning with a...

Election results are expected to start coming in late on Wednesday morning, Australian time. I thought it would be interesting to put cards on the table and make a prediction about the result. Real Clear Politics has a 'create your own map' tool where you can...

After early signs indicating that the Democrats were in danger of losing control of the Senate this week, it now looks like the Democrats are set on maintaining their majority, with the most likely outcome seeing both parties maintaining the same number of seats...

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 for Congress and state legislatures. In a series of referendums in 2008 and 2010, California's voters approved the creation of an...

Earlier today I blogged about how the number of battleground states has dwindled down to only eight states: Ohio, Florida, Virginia, Colorado, New Hampshire, Nevada, Iowa and Wisconsin. All eight of these states were won by Barack Obama in 2008. Two states won by Obama...