The Tally Room

Essential Research has produced a fascinating poll, asking voters who they thought was Australia's best post-WWII Prime Minister. The poll put the 21st century Prime Ministers well ahead of their predecessors, with 28% saying John Howard and 20% saying Kevin Rudd, followed by Bob...

The Canadian province of British Columbia will go to the polls on May 12, 2009, to elect 85 members of the Legislative Assembly, and vote on a referendum to change the electoral system used in future provincial elections. British Columbian politics is particularly unusual in...

As a special pre-inauguration treat, for all of you staying up through the night, check out AOL's slide show of "before and after" photos of US presidents at the beginning and end of their terms. In particular, check out Nixon, Reagan and Johnson.

After my series of election previews, I'm not gonna add another one to the pile (although my British Columbia post should come out tomorrow). But at Not a Hedgehog, you can read the second post in a series examining the upcoming election in Ecuador...

I'm reading Jonathan Alter's The Defining Moment, which goes into the first hundred days of Franklin Roosevelt's administration in 1933. Alter in particular looks at the interregnum between the November election and the inauguration on March 5, the same date as every president was...

Via Pollbludger, a fascinating story in the Australian the other day has revealed plans by the NSW Nationals to trial using open primaries to preselect a candidate in a winnable seat for the 2011 NSW state election. All voters in the electorate would be...

The electors of Frome in South Australia went to the polls today to elect a new member of the South Australian House of Assembly to succeed former Liberal Premier Rob Kerin. Counting has concluded for the night, and was covered by Pollbludger and Antony...

Indonesia will go to the polls during 2009 for their second direct presidential election and to elect the new Indonesian Parliament. The legislative election will take place on April 9, with the first round of the presidential election in July. In the likely case...

Japan will go to the polls for a national election in 2009, at any point up to September. The election will be contested by LDP Prime Minister Taro Aso and Democratic Party leader Ichirō Ozawa. Japanese politics has been dominated by the conservative Liberal Democratic...

In response to claims of John Howard encouraging Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce to move to the House of Representatives, Sean Parnell has penned speculation in the Australian about potential seats Joyce could take on. Parnell rules out National-held seats such as Maranoa in...