Final results from the New South Wales state election show that the new Labor government lacks a majority in both houses.
Author: Charles Richardson
Montana debates electoral “reform”
Montana Republicans are trying to change their electoral system for selfish reasons, but that doesn't mean it's a bad idea.
A lesson from Canada?
Justin Trudeau celebrates ten years in the Liberal leadership, as his party's Australian namesake grapples with its continuing crisis of identity.
Election preview: French Polynesia
Recent political stability in French Polynesia seems to be more due to a change in the electoral system than to underlying voter preferences.
Expulsions in Tennessee
Tennessee's Republican Party vents its anger against opposition legislators, raising some serious constitutional issues.
Where now, Liberal Party?
It's not hard to identify the direction in which the Liberal Party needs to move. It's much harder to see any mechanism by which it is likely to.
PR for America?
Two American think-tanks advocate for the adoption of proportional representation as a way to cure some of the ills of the country's electoral system.
Bulgaria & Montenegro
Bulgarian voters have stuck to the general pattern seen in the previous four elections, while Montenegro's reformists scored a big victory.
Finland shifts rightwards
A dead heat in Finland: the Social Democrat-led government loses its majority, but the shape of its likely replacement is far from clear.
Aston recurs
Labor's historic victory in the Aston by-election has exposed some deep-seated problems in the opposition.
The World is Not Enough 