Update: US Presidential primaries
1 March – ‘Super Tuesday’ Hillary Clinton has all but secured her party’s nomination with dominance over Senator Bernie Sanders across 8 of 12 jurisdictions holding Democratic party primaries. Sanders’ four … Continue reading
Republican delegate selection for March 1
March 1 will be the biggest day on the 2016 calendar for choosing candidate delegates to the Republican Party Convention taking place in July. All eyes are on the relative … Continue reading
Markets dump stock in rivals to Clinton and Trump
The insightful Iowa Electronic Market – an online real-investment prediction market that has tracked US elections since 2000 – is moving sharply to predict the next Republican and Democratic nominees … Continue reading
Clinton cleans up in South Carolina
Hillary Clinton has decisively regained momentum in the race for the Democratic party presidential nomination, winning 74% of the vote in South Carolina. Her win is easily the most dominant … Continue reading
Las Vegas win for Trump
Republican candidate Donald Trump has registered his best performance in the first four states holding presidential primaries with just under 46% of the vote in the state of Nevada. Key remaining … Continue reading
Australian Government hedges on optional preferencing
Long-awaited reforms to the voting system for electing Australia’s senators have finally emerged. The Government Bill released on Monday pulls back from the widely expected move to allow voters optional … Continue reading
Update: US Presidential primaries
27 February – South Carolina Democratic primary 23 February – Nevada Republican caucus 20 February – South Carolina Republican primary 20 February – Nevada Democratic caucus In the past 10 days Donald Trump has easily won presidential nomination contests in … Continue reading
Trump caravan momentum grows again
New York Billionaire Donald Trump has – as was widely expected – prevailed in the Republican primary election in South Carolina. In a field with the vote divided between five significant … Continue reading
Senate ballot rule changes get angry response
Australia’s national politics is about to go through the rare event of focusing on the specifics of voting rules. In the aftermath of the 2013 elections a number of dramatic … Continue reading
Trust the punters to predict an election
Since the 2000 election year, one of the more intriguing predictors of US political outcomes has been the Iowa Electronic Market. Run out of the University of Iowa’s College of Business, … Continue reading
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