Psephology

Labor fails to stop the rot

As previously mentioned (HERE), the August 2009 EMRS poll showed a massive swing away from the Bartlett Labor Government, compared with the...

Councils: a case against compulsory voting

Every two years when Tasmanian council election voting time rolls around, we hear the same complaints: that only about half the voters...

Council: Haigh retains but Freeman gone

Former Lord Mayor John Freeman has been voted off the Hobart City Council. His seat has been taken by Damon Thomas in...

Haigh has overtaken Freeman …

Council: Thomas up, cliffhanger for Deputy

After the first night of counting in the Hobart City Council elections it is clear that at least one of Darlene Haigh...

Council: will there be another clean-out?

I recently analysed Council voting patterns for the 2007-9 session in far more esoteric detail than you can possibly poke a stick...

Your City Council, sorted from green to blue

This piece covers the period from those elections to the end of August 2009, and shows some big shifts in voting behaviour...