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Eden-Monaro preference flows released

Ben Raue - August 28, 2020

The Australian Electoral Commission released the final data from the Eden-Monaro by-election earlier this week. This data breaks down the two-party-preferred preference flows between Labor and Liberal based on the primary vote of the voter. This data allows us to look at how voters...

NT 2020 – election day decline by the numbers

Ben Raue - August 26, 2020

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We expected election day to be a smaller factor in the Northern Territory election, and now we have the data to back it up. Most, if not all, votes from election day have now been counted, along with most pre-poll votes. We are still waiting...

Podcast #41: NT election results

Ben Raue - August 24, 2020

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Ben chatted with Stewart Jackson about the results of last weekend's NT election. You can subscribe to this podcast using this RSS feed in your podcast app of choice, but should also be able to find this podcast by searching for “the Tally Room”. If you like...

NT 2020 – election night live

Ben Raue - August 22, 2020

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Labor - 11 won, 1 likely, 4 ahead CLP - 2 won, 1 likely, 3 ahead IND - 2 won TA - 1 ahead 6:21am - Since I went to bed last night I've got a few quick updates. This will be the last update of this post. At...

NT 2020 – election day

Ben Raue - August 22, 2020

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8:00am - Polls have just opened for election day in the Northern Territory. There has been a tremendous number of votes cast before election day. As of Friday evening, over 75,000 votes have been cast - that includes pre-poll votes, mobile polling in small communities,...

Podcast #40: The day before the NT election

Ben Raue - August 21, 2020

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Ben was joined today by Duncan McDonnell from Griffith University and podcast regular Kevin Bonham to discuss tomorrow's election in the Northern Territory. Check out Ben's guide to the NT election. You can subscribe to this podcast using this RSS feed in your podcast app of choice, but...

NT election – early voting increases

Ben Raue - August 19, 2020

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The NT Electoral Commission (NTEC) has been publishing daily updates with the number of voters who have cast an early vote. As of last night, 51,680 voters had cast an early vote, either at pre-poll centres or via mobile booths in remote communities. This is...

South Australian state redistribution – draft map published

Ben Raue - August 14, 2020

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The Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission of South Australia (EDBC) this morning released their draft electoral map for the 2022 South Australian election. The map is the first to be drawn since the repeal of the 'fairness provision' which required the Commission to draw boundaries that...

Supporting the Tally Room

Ben Raue - August 14, 2020

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We're about to enter another busy period in Australian elections. The Northern Territory votes next Saturday, followed by the ACT, Queensland and Victorian local councils in October. We also have a Western Australian state election in March, and a federal election could be held...

Podcast #39: Introducing the NT election

Ben Raue - August 10, 2020

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Ben is joined by Robyn Smith, historian of the Northern Territory, to discuss the upcoming NT election - recent political events, the party system, some seats to watch, and the peculiar nature of NT elections. Robyn mentioned Weekends with Walshy, which features in the podcast...