Dixville Notch has spoken
Hillary Clinton seems to have picked up almost all Bernie Sanders’ supporters during the course of the election season, according to the first results from the US election. The tiny … Continue reading
More choices for US president – how easy it could be
American voters are this week facing a choice of president between two candidates that most voters reject – Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. It doesn’t need to be that way. America’s voters could have … Continue reading
As tensions rise in US elections, leading pollsters feud over methods
The leaders of two of America’s major polling services are at loggerheads over whether FiveThirtyEight.com’s predictions about Donald Trump becoming president are reliable. The 2016 elections have seen more polls … Continue reading
Americans have little control over their Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is the first institution described in detail in the text of the US Constitution, but it normally comes a distant third behind the presidency … Continue reading
Gerrymandering still rife in US congressional districts
As US voters go to the polls to choose 435 House of Representatives members, the Republican party has an artificial advantage of more than 20 seats, built into the contest … Continue reading
Australian electoral system under scrutiny
The cyclical examination by Australia’s Parliament of its own national electoral system – held after each federal election – is now underway. The joint House-and-Senate Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, JSCEM, usually … Continue reading
Maine voters consider shift to preferential voting
Voters in the US state of Maine will vote on November 8 on whether to approve a change to the state’s electoral law to introduce preferential voting for all state and … Continue reading
US elections: drivers of increased turnout
Of the many factors that will determine the coming US elections, voter turnout could prove among the most crucial in several key states. Many media outlets are reporting – amid … Continue reading
7 days to go in US elections
In seven days’ time the results of the US elections will be blazing from news services around the world. What are the predictions one week out? The most established of … Continue reading
So ends this Day – Australian Senator resigns amid eligibility doubts
The election of a Senator for South Australia in July is descending into a legal fiasco. A few weeks ago Senator Bob Day, the only federal parliamentary representative from the conservative … Continue reading
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