The Tally Room

The sitting Governor of Florida is Charlie Crist, who was elected in 2006 as a Republican. Florida had a long history of electing Democratic governors, but in recent years governors have been predominantly Republican. The Democrats won every gubernatorial election from 1876 to 1964, with...

Illinois is the fifth-largest state in the United States, and is usually a reliably Democratic state, including the city of Chicago. At the 2010 election, the seat up for election is a Democratic seat previously held by President Barack Obama. The seat is currently held...

Florida is a rapidly growing state that in recent decades has become one of the largest states in the United States. At each of the last six ten-year censuses, Florida has gained a number of new congressional seats, growing from six seats in 1950...

The largest state in the United States, California usually leans heavily towards the Democrats, having been won by the Democrats at every election since 1992. The state now has 53 members of the House of Representatives. Despite California's liberal bent, it has not been...

Australia's political parties tend to have very strong internal discipline, with Members of Parliament exercising a 'conscience vote' very rarely. We saw an example of this last Thursday when the NSW Legislative Assembly considered Clover Moore's bill to legalise adoption for same-sex couples. The vote...

Nevada is a swing state, going with the party winning each presidential election since 1980. Nevada is also a rapidly growing state, having gained a second House of Representatives seat after the 1980 census, and a third after the 2000 census. Nevada is expected...

Ohio is a typical swing state, having gone to the winning presidential candidate at every election since 1964. Ohio's two Senate seats are currently split between the two parties. Both Ohio seats were held by the Democrats from the late 1970s until the early 1990s....

Colorado has recently acted as a swing state at all levels, moving back and forth between the Democrats and Republicans. Most recently, the Democrats won both Senate seats off the Republicans at the 2004 and 2008 elections This year's seat was won by Ken Salazar...

Voters in 37 US states will go to the polls on November to elect members of the US Senate. In 34 states, senators will be elected for full six-year terms, replacing those senators elected in 2004. In three other states, special elections will be held to...

The United States of America holds federal elections every two years, always in even numbered years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Every two years, all 435 members of the House of Representatives and approximately one third of the US...