Tasmanian Times
Psephology
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Labor within striking distance
Dr KEVIN BONHAM If a state election were held today, the Bartlett Labor government would have a fair chance of winning it...
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May EMRS poll – voters hold the line
PETER TUCKER The May EMRS poll is out. As usual, a useful sample of 1000, but also as usual a less than...
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Support for parties drops
ABC ONLINE Support for the Tasmanian Greens has fallen in the latest opinion poll, but voters have also turned away from Labor...
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No portent
SUE NEALES THE three dispersed Upper House elections held around Tasmania last weekend proved little except the madness of holding staggered or...
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The Legislative Council wash-up
Dr KEVIN BONHAM The succour for the anti-pulp-mill forces in this apparent disaster is that anti-mill voting is extremely strong in areas...
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Labor’s position is strengthened
MICHAEL LESTER The end result, no matter which way you interpret cause and effect, is that Labor won one seat, a person...
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Windermere is most interesting
JASON R Windermere is most interesting due to the influence (supposed or otherwise) of the pulp mill and the incumbent’s support for...
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The definitive analysis: Legislative Council elections (Pt 2)
Peter Tucker and Kevin Bonham This is the second part of a two-part series on Tasmania’s May 2 Legislative Council elections. The...
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Three very interesting Legislative Council elections
Peter Tucker and Dr Kevin Bonham THIS is the first part of a two-part commentary on the Legislative Council elections for the...
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What chance Andrew Wilkie?
Dr Kevin Bonham I WAS interested to see Sue Neales’ claim in the Mercury that Andrew Wilkie needs “more than 10 per...
