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Peter Brent

Mumble, Peter Brent’s long-running polls and politics blog, is now exclusive to Inside Story.

Peter Brent is an Adjunct Research Fellow at Swinburne University of Technology. He tweets on electoral matters at @mumbletwits.

National Affairs Peter Brent 17 January 2020 Will it take international pressure for the Coalition to finally budge on climate change?
National Affairs Peter Brent 8 January 2020 Twitter’s roiling, and even the real world is wondering how the prime minister burned through his political capital so quickly National Affairs Peter Brent 3 January 2020 Some supporters of Jeremy Corbyn think Brexit explains Labour’s defeat. But the evidence is scant International Peter Brent 13 December 2019 How important was Brexit to the British election result? National Affairs Peter Brent 4 December 2019 The tide of populism doesn’t always run the same way
National Affairs Peter Brent 20 November 2019 Longer-term voting patterns in the city’s western suburbs highlight the flaws in much post-election analysis
National Affairs Peter Brent 11 November 2019 Was Labor trying for the elusive bandwagon effect in May? National Affairs Peter Brent 8 November 2019 Will Australia be the last redoubt of the British monarchy? Essays & Reportage Peter Brent 1 November 2019 A yearning for simpler policies from simpler times won’t win the next election National Affairs Peter Brent 23 October 2019 The figures reveal a less than stellar performance in the state that most disappointed Labor
National Affairs Peter Brent 16 October 2019 Is this the worst job in politics? Undoubtedly — especially if you follow the wrong advice
International Peter Brent 20 September 2019 The American president might win next year’s election, but will he? National Affairs Peter Brent 11 September 2019 With the current system favouring gridlock, it’s time to look again at how both houses are elected National Affairs Peter Brent 4 September 2019 Hawke and Keating showed the way — but not how you (and Paul Keating) might think National Affairs Peter Brent 20 August 2019 Attempts to change the Constitution often fail, but that doesn’t mean we should stop trying
National Affairs Peter Brent 7 August 2019 Australia’s lower house voting system isn’t designed to be proportional, though perhaps it should be
National Affairs Peter Brent 3 July 2019 The Australian Ballot almost took over the world, but it might not be entirely our idea after all National Affairs Peter Brent 26 June 2019 Secrecy and convenience don’t always coincide in Australia’s highly accessible electoral system National Affairs Peter Brent 7 June 2019 Dust settled, our correspondent pokes through the rubble National Affairs Peter Brent 4 June 2019 Will the wrong person be chasing the wrong issues?
National Affairs Peter Brent 29 May 2019 What went wrong for Australia’s best-known pollsters?
National Affairs Peter Brent 22 May 2019 For Labor leadership aspirants, this might be a good contest to sit out National Affairs Peter Brent 19 May 2019 Election 2019 | A fearful voter can be an unpredictable thing National Affairs Peter Brent 18 May 2019 Election 2019 | Will the skittish commentariat be vindicated tonight? National Affairs Peter Brent 17 May 2019 What was the secret of Bob Hawke’s electoral success?
Campaign notebook Peter Brent 15 May 2019 Election 2019 | Is a change-oriented campaign helping Labor over the line — and would the polls know either way?
National Affairs Peter Brent 7 May 2019 Election 2019 | Voters’ rankings could count in ways that aren’t clear in the polls National Affairs Peter Brent 3 May 2019 Election 2019 | The Australian Electoral Commission’s success in boosting voter enrolments has created its own problem National Affairs Peter Brent 29 April 2019 Election 2019 | Whether it’s on 48 or 49 per cent, the Coalition is looking competitive National Affairs Peter Brent 27 April 2019 Election 2019 | An odd decision by Newspoll has shifted the dynamics of the campaign — but by how much?