Another success for the incumbents, as Tasmania's Liberal government wins a somewhat underwhelming victory.
Category: Australia
Election preview: Tasmania
Tasmania's Liberal government is seeking a third term in office, and looks like benefiting from the indulgence that voters are giving to incumbents in time of crisis.
April results roundup
This month our regular electoral roundup brings news from Greenland, Samoa, Georgia and Western Australia.
Death of a show pony
Andrew Peacock was a flawed Liberal leader, but it is not mere nostalgia to think that he was a great deal more admirable than most of his successors.
Representing prisoners, and others
Preventing prisoners from voting in the United States has some strange effects on the workings of the electoral system. Australia is more fortunate in that regard, as a current round of redistributions illustrates.
March electoral roundup
A monthly feature with brief reports on recent electoral news. Today, Western Australia, the Netherlands, Tanzania and the Republic of the Congo.
A landslide out west
The unbelievable opinion polls in Western Australia were right, and its opposition parties were almost wiped out.
Election preview: Western Australia
Western Australia's Labor government is a shoo-in for re-election tomorrow, but that doesn't mean the result will be lacking in interest.
Liberal history revisited
A further volume of David Kemp's history of Australian liberalism casts more doubt on the Liberal Party's pedigree.
Update on representation
A new paper revisits the question of the basis to use for drawing legislative districts in the US, with some interesting experimental results.
