Do all Labor voters prefer the Greens to the Liberals? Do National Party voters opt for the Liberals if their own party isn’t running? What little evidence we have suggests the answer isn’t straightforward, writes Paul Rodan
07 Mar 13 Comments (1)In the city of the singing trams
A winter-time research trip to Rome gives R.J.B. Bosworth the chance to gauge the shifting pattern of party support as Italy’s national election campaign enters its closing fortnight
12 Feb 13 Comments (1)The electoral calculus of campaign oxygen
For more than a quarter of a century, short election campaigns have been the norm, writes Norman Abjorensen. Julia Gillard’s announcement recalls longer, and sometimes riskier, campaigns
31 Jan 13 Comments (0)It was time: Mick Young’s triumph, forty years on
Not only was the 1972 election a watershed for Labor, it also created the modern political campaign, writes Stephen Mills
29 Nov 12 Comments (1)Tony Abbott and the challenge of a Green-controlled Senate
It looks likely that the Greens will still hold the balance of power in the Senate after the next election. Norman Abjorensen looks at the numbers and asks: how would Tony Abbott deal with them?
04 Sep 12 Comments (1)
Latham’s list was a hit in the polls
Mark Latham’s private school funding policy is usually seen as an electoral minus for Labor, but the polls suggest otherwise, writes Peter Browne
27 Aug 12 Comments (2)Post-election Timor-Leste: the parties enter negotiations
The results of the election suggest an intriguing balance in the new parliament, writes Michael Leach
10 Jul 12 Comments (0)Timor-Leste: the parliamentary campaign begins
Even the party that loses next month’s election will share in the victory by helping set the tone for post-UN democracy in this young nation, writes Michael Leach
08 Jun 12 Comments (0)How to win an election
Brett Evans looks at a timeless guide for politicians with a sting in the tail
05 Jun 12 Comments (0)One way to lose an election
Was it the economics or the politics of John Hewson’s Fightback! strategy that failed, asks Norman Abjorensen
08 May 12 Comments (3)Tea-leaf time
Does the tidal wave of polls help predict how Romney and Obama will fare in November, asks Lesley Russell
26 Apr 12 Comments (2)Wipeout 2012
Pundits are predicting a long period of opposition for Queensland Labor, writes Brian Costar, but Campbell Newman faces his own challenges
27 Mar 12 Comments (0)The double-decker election campaign
Up against cumbersome major parties, Bob Katter’s Australian Party has fielded a better-than-expected group of candidates, writes Jane Goodall. But the leader has steered the fledgling party into trouble
19 Mar 12 Comments (0)
Gough Whitlam’s close-run thing
William McMahon’s famously ill-starred prime ministership has been back in the news, not necessarily to the advantage of the federal Labor government. Paul Rodan recalls the election of nearly forty years ago
17 Feb 12 Comments (5)Old figures, new money
This week’s release of data on political donations and spending hides as much as it reveals – and is already many months out of date, write Graeme Orr and Brian Costar
03 Feb 12 Comments (0)
Why does Labor exist?
Labor’s search for meaning needs to go beyond the failures of the post-1996 party, writes Frank Bongiorno
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