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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 | Mumble 25 November 2018 Federal and state factors interacted yesterday, but not in the way you might think
National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 24 November 2018 Peter Brent’s election-day round-up National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 14 November 2018 The Voice and the republic might just add up to a winning combination National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 8 November 2018 Being prime minister is harder than Scott Morrison might have thought National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 31 October 2018 Down this fortnight, up the next: how a nation is gripped by a name and its numbers
National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 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 | Mumble 20 October 2018 An earth-shattering result in the inner-city seat recalls an earlier independent triumph – and its aftermath National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 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 | Mumble 19 October 2018 Is Barnaby Joyce the electoral asset his supporters believe him to be? National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 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 | Mumble 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 | Mumble 21 September 2018 Are the old days of majority government coming to an end? National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 12 September 2018 A News Corp cartoonist runs into trouble again National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 10 September 2018 Does Saturday’s shocking result for the NSW Liberals in Wagga Wagga have longer-term implications? National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 3 September 2018 Scott Morrison’s plan worked perfectly, but Mark Latham showed that good timing is not enough
National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 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 | Mumble 24 August 2018 The new PM will need to change tack for the third time in his political career National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 22 August 2018 A change of PM seems inevitable. Then comes a bounce that could be hazardous for both parties National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 21 August 2018 Malcolm Turnbull has survived a spill, but the rebels won’t leave it there National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 20 August 2018 Has the Liberal Party passed the point of no return?
National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 15 August 2018 At least Fraser Anning will be out of parliament by July next year
National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 6 August 2018 Under pressure, the prime minister should consider the case of Kevin Michael Rudd National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 31 July 2018 If anything, Labor’s stocks have declined in recent weeks. Focusing on by-election victories won’t change that National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 29 July 2018 Deft management and misleading polls helped turn Super Saturday into a public relations coup for Labor National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 27 July 2018 The votes are tomorrow, and here’s what matters and what doesn’t
National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 19 July 2018 Tony Abbott is an unwelcome presence — for the government at least — amid the tangle of by-elections on 28 July
National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 11 July 2018 Can Susan Lamb repeat her flukish 2016 win? National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 3 July 2018 It’s a battle to get noticed by Australia’s small group of Trumpian voters, but David Leyonhjelm might have worked out how National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 29 June 2018 We could be voting early — but for not quite the reasons you might expect National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 22 June 2018 Is being seen as the likely winner becoming a problem for Labor?