The Tally Room

This morning I finished the final seat three seat profiles for the Victorian state election. You can access the entire guide, or view the seats in alphabetical order, by Legislative Council region, or by viewing the pendulum. Each Legislative Council regional profile includes links...

With the Irish economy on the brink and in need for a bailout from international organisations and the European Union, Ireland is also on the verge of an election which has been pending for the last few years. The junior coalition partner Green Party has...

News has broken this morning that the Liberal Party will be putting the Greens last in all Legislative Assembly races in Victoria. This is an issue only in the four inner-Melbourne seats where the Greens are in a contest with Labor to win, with...

During the last week of the US midterm elections, I visited a number of groups involved in election campaigning, and it was striking how election campaigning is shaped by the voluntary voting system. I previously was aware of this, and expected to see some...

Some quick results: Overall, Democrats hold 49 seats in the Senate, Republicans hold 46, independents hold two, and three are undecided. Republicans have gained Democratic Senate seats in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, North Dakota and Arkansas. Democrats managed to hold onto Senate seats in Connecticut, West Virginia,...

It's now just after 5pm in Washington DC and I will be occupied tonight attending election night events and won't be immediately liveblogging. If you want to comment on the election, please use this thread. I will work on some post-election coverage tomorrow. 7:32pm - Republicans have...

I'm currently in Orlando, one of the largest cities in Florida. A number of very interesting contests are taking place in this area. In the Senate, Republican candidate Marco Rubio looks set to gain the seat. Rubio is currently leading in the polls over independent...

As the campaign comes into its final week, the airwaves in California are jampacked with negative campaign ads. While I've been in San Francisco and Sacramento, I've spent my limited time in front of a television watching negative ads packing the advertising breaks on...

Today I visited the election administration in Alameda County, which covers areas on the eastern side of San Francisco Bay, centred on the City of Oakland. One point of interest that I wasn't aware of is that three of this county's larger cities will...

I'm currently staying in San Francisco, visiting for the US midterm elections. California is a more interesting state than you would normally expect for such a Democratic state at this year's midterm elections. You have a highly competitive gubernatorial race, a strong Republican challenge...