WA 2021 – the shape of the swing
By now we all know to expect a landslide victory for WA Labor in this month's state election. The polls predict it, and even the Liberal leader has acknowledged it.
But I want to put what might happen in context by looking at what happened...
WA 2021 – the impact of the redistribution
Western Australia conducts redistributions of the state electoral boundaries every four years, so each election sees a new set of electoral boundaries.
The recent redistribution did not see any dramatic changes in seats. We did not see a rural seat abolished and replaced by a...
WA 2021 – early voting opens
Early voting will open on Wednesday in the Western Australian state election, with pre-poll voting open for the better part of three weeks.
Over the last year we have seen radical changes in the way people choose to cast their ballots amidst the Covid-19 pandemic....
Podcast #48: introduction to the WA election
We're back for 2021, and on this week's podcast Ben is joined by Christine Cunningham and Martin Drum to get us up to speed on Western Australian state politics and the early stages of the campaign for March's state election.
This podcast is supported by...
WA 2021 – upper house preferences released
Western Australia's upper house still uses the discredited group voting ticket system to distribute preferences, the same system last used for the Senate in 2013. This system has encouraged a proliferation of candidates and parties running in the upper house election, breaking the record...
WA 2021 – candidate update
Nominations will close later today for the Western Australian state election (12pm WA time).
I have been keeping up a list of candidates who have announced they are running for my election guide.
The list features 266 candidates for the lower house, as well as 63...
Guide to the Western Australian state election
The summer break is over for the Tally Room, and I'm back with a big new project: the guide to the 2021 Western Australian state election is now complete.
This state election is scheduled for Saturday March 13, and will see the first-term McGowan Labor...