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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 21 March 2019 Leaving aside errors and misunderstandings, Australia doesn’t have a big fraudulent-voting problem. But a little reassurance wouldn’t go amiss
National Affairs Peter Brent 13 March 2019 Our psephological correspondent sticks his neck out National Affairs Peter Brent 5 March 2019 It wasn’t a moderate’s turn to be leader, but that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t work National Affairs Peter Brent 18 February 2019 Don’t bet on it: experience suggests that asylum seekers won’t be the deciding factor in May National Affairs Peter Brent 12 February 2019 Buoyed by the 2016 election result, Labor has been thinking big — with all the danger that entails
National Affairs Peter Brent 4 February 2019 History suggests we shouldn’t expect a surge in Liberal-leaning independents
National Affairs Peter Brent 25 January 2019 Gilmore — once a Liberal stronghold — has reverted to the statewide average, leaving Warren Mundine with an uphill battle National Affairs Peter Brent 18 January 2019 With looming retirements and on-the-nose MPs, there’s a good chance the crossbench will be bigger after this year’s federal election National Affairs Peter Brent 9 January 2019 The polls show a clear trend in how voters are responding National Affairs Peter Brent 28 December 2018 If you’re a member of the government, that is — though the odds are still against you
National Affairs Peter Brent 10 December 2018 The former prime minister is unlikely to be opposition leader after the election — and it’s mainly a question of timing
National Affairs Peter Brent 6 December 2018 Poor polling figures bring to the surface old obsessions that don’t necessarily impress voters National Affairs Peter Brent 28 November 2018 Julia Banks faces a range of challenges if she runs as an independent — and hers won’t be the only Victorian seat to watch National Affairs Peter Brent 25 November 2018 Federal and state factors interacted yesterday, but not in the way you might think National Affairs Peter Brent 24 November 2018 Peter Brent’s election-day round-up
National Affairs Peter Brent 14 November 2018 The Voice and the republic might just add up to a winning combination
National Affairs Peter Brent 8 November 2018 Being prime minister is harder than Scott Morrison might have thought National Affairs Peter Brent 31 October 2018 Down this fortnight, up the next: how a nation is gripped by a name and its numbers National Affairs Peter Brent 25 October 2018 The Wentworth result might not change the Labor–Coalition equation, but it’s a reminder that seats can suddenly fall to independents National Affairs Peter Brent 20 October 2018 An earth-shattering result in the inner-city seat recalls an earlier independent triumph – and its aftermath
National Affairs Peter Brent 20 October 2018 The betting markets are off the mark as Wentworth voters begin casting their ballots in a vital contest
National Affairs Peter Brent 19 October 2018 Is Barnaby Joyce the electoral asset his supporters believe him to be? National Affairs Peter Brent 8 October 2018 Fresh from their dismal toppling of Malcolm Turnbull, Sydney’s best-known media gang is targeting new victims and choosing new friends National Affairs Peter Brent 27 September 2018 With the risk of an independent taking a blue-ribbon seat, Wentworth has become an even more interesting contest National Affairs Peter Brent 21 September 2018 Are the old days of majority government coming to an end?
National Affairs Peter Brent 12 September 2018 A News Corp cartoonist runs into trouble again
National Affairs Peter Brent 10 September 2018 Does Saturday’s shocking result for the NSW Liberals in Wagga Wagga have longer-term implications? National Affairs Peter Brent 3 September 2018 Scott Morrison’s plan worked perfectly, but Mark Latham showed that good timing is not enough National Affairs Peter Brent 27 August 2018 Today’s Newspoll underlines how the change of leader didn’t play out in quite the way most people expected National Affairs Peter Brent 24 August 2018 The new PM will need to change tack for the third time in his political career