The Tally Room

Colorado's current Govenor is Bill Ritter (D), who is not standing for re-election in 2010, after being elected at the 2006 election. Colorado's gubernatorial elections were dominated by Democrats throughout the 20th century, holding office for 60 years in the 20th Century. The Democrats held...

The UK Labour Party is currently entering the final stages of a months-long process to choose a leader to succeed Gordon Brown, following their election defeat earlier this year. Prime Minister Gordon Brown resigned, both as Labour leader and as Prime Minister, on 11 May,...

Minnesota's current Governor is Republican Tim Pawlenty. After eight years in office, Pawlenty is not running for a third term this year. While Minnesota has voted Democrat consistently at every Presidential election since 1972, and has leaned Democratic in Senatorial and House elections, the Governor's...

The Tea Party movement has significantly shaped American politics since it emerged early in 2009. The movement emerged out of the Ron Paul campaign for President as a libertarian-conservative campaign against taxation, which quickly spread to cover most right-wing causes, and acting as an...

Delaware is going to the polls this November in a special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by Vice President Joe Biden in 2008. Biden won his Senate seat in 1972, defeating sitting Republican senator Caleb Boggs, who was running for a third term....

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...