The Tally Room

As an extra item for people to consider, Charlie Cook lays out how the metrics of the race show that Obama's position is much stronger than what the polls say. The simple facts he lay out demonstrate Obama's dominance and how John McCain will...

The United States will elect its 44th President in less than two weeks time, on Tuesday, November 4. You would have to say that Barack Obama is in a dominant position as we move into the final stretch. According to Pollster.com, Barack Obama holds...

Support for the Greens has increased markedly since the beginning of 2008. Newspoll has shown an increase in the party vote over the 10% barrier for the first time, recently reaching 13%. State Newspolls have the party polling over 10% in all mainland states,...

I haven't written a full analysis post on any of the US House races yet, but just wanted to share this: arch-conservative Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann from Minnesota's 6th Congressional District calling Barack Obama "Anti-American" and getting torn to shreds by Chris Matthews for the...

In addition to the Presidential election and the House of Representatives, one third of the US Senate will be elected. In addition to the 33 "class II" senators last elected in 2002, two special elections will be held to fill casual vacancies in Mississippi...

This will hopefully become a weekly post with mainly funny political videos. This week it will be a bit full, due to a backlog, but I'll try and limit in the future to 2 or 3 of the best. Sarah Palin's second part on this...

So here's where we are the day after the election. Labor suffered a 9.3% swing against them, while the Liberals suffered a 3.7% swing and the Greens polled 15.8%, a 6.6% swing. In Brindabella, Labor lost one of its three seats, resulting in two Labor, two...

8:44pm - No great news. Appears fairly certain the breakdown will be 7-7-3. There might be some interesting races within each party for seats, but I don't expect any more results tonight. 7:52pm - In other news, Greens have gained votes in all four NSW...

So I just got back to my house in Hackett in the Canberra inner north. I spent the day travelling around the Ginninderra electorate visiting polling booth workers campaigning for Meredith Hunter, Greens candidate for Ginninderra. First of all, the polls today continue the strong performance...

The best coverage is being provided by Antony Green. This is the problem with having so many elections in short order. It's election morning and only now am I getting around to covering what will finally bury the legacy of the Iemma years in NSW. Ryde...