NOTE: I’m reposting this in the hope the thread in the hope it might be used specifically for commenting on the results. More general discussion can be directed to the other threads.
EXPLANATORY NOTE: Assuming no late-count surprises (which do happen), Labor needs to win four out of these five to be in a position to [...]
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Photo finishes (lower house) – take two
Monday, September 8, 2008 – 3:07 pm
State Newspolls
Monday, December 31, 2007 – 3:43 am
Newspoll is keeping up the good work in the post-federal election lull with a series of state polls, today following last week’s Victorian and South Australian polls with a survey showing the Coalition taking a narrow lead in Western Australia. The following charts show how Newspoll has tracked the progress of the Bracks/Brumby, Gallop/Carpenter and [...]
Move it on over
Monday, November 5, 2007 – 6:07 pm
The Poll Bludger has a new home for the next three weeks, courtesy of kindly benefactors at Crikey (UPDATE: As I feared, there are a few glitches to be sorted through, so I’m reopening comments here.). The main difference with the new arrangement is that you will need to register in order to comment, a [...]
Techno bummer
Sunday, November 4, 2007 – 1:21 am
Sadly, technical problems that had this site offline for most of last evening have caused the last week’s worth of comments to disappear. Apologies to future historians for the gap in the record. Everything else appears to be working again now, touch wood.
None more black
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 – 2:20 am
Welcome to the all-new colour scheme from the Poll Bludger, the psephological website that goes up to 11. I have my doubts about the alternating black-and-khaki backgrounds in comments, but fancy that the colour scheme is otherwise inoffensive at worst. Anyway, I can easily replace it with another theme if nobody likes it, such is [...]
Gorgeous George
Friday, July 27, 2007 – 3:02 pm
The previous thread on Tuesday’s Newspoll result took a turn to matters constitutional. What’s it all about? Beats the hell out of me. The important thing is that esteemed constitutional authority George Williams has put his two cents in, and anything he has to say deserves a better fate than delayed moderation and position 484 [...]
Green is good
Tuesday, July 24, 2007 – 10:20 pm
Gasp in awe at Antony Green’s gargantuan online compendium of New South Wales election results, the product of many months’ labour in conjunction with the state’s Department of Lands. Featured are district-level results going right back to the very beginning (1856), including all by-elections. What a Poll Bludger wouldn’t give for such a resource in [...]
Read all about it
Friday, June 22, 2007 – 12:10 am
Those with an interest in the state of Australian democracy could do a lot worse than to subscribe to the Democratic Audit of Australia’s email list, which offers electoral news along with updates of the Audit’s own activities. Talking points from the latest edition:
• Mumble man Peter Brent and Simon Jackman of Stanford University crunch [...]
Welease Bwyan
Friday, March 30, 2007 – 10:55 pm
Bryan Palmer’s technical difficulties have prompted him to temporarily relocate to http://www.ozpolitics.biz.
Technological inexactitude
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 – 9:18 pm
I have had a few people complain recently about comments failing to appear, and have upgraded to the latest version of WordPress in the hope it might solve the problem. I am inevitably encountering a few teething problems, one of which should be immediately obvious. Can any of my more technologically minded readers work out [...]
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