National affairs
7 August 2019
Australia’s lower house voting system isn’t designed to be proportional, though perhaps it should be
International
31 July 2019
The polls might not favour the Liberals to win this year’s election, but don’t count them out
National affairs
30 July 2019
Efforts to bring truthfulness back into election campaigns face real practical difficulties
National affairs
18 July 2019
Are concerns about Australians’ faith in politics and democracy being exaggerated by poorly presented research?
International
15 July 2019
A quiet campaign for the upper house suggests that Japanese politics is well and truly back to normal
International
10 July 2019
A furore over a proposed question in the 2020 US census could escalate into a constitutional crisis
National affairs
3 July 2019
The Australian Ballot almost took over the world, but it might not be entirely our idea after all
International
3 July 2019
Has the race for the Democratic Party nomination already taken a dangerous turn?
National affairs
26 June 2019
Secrecy and convenience don’t always coincide in Australia’s highly accessible electoral system
National affairs
7 June 2019
Dust settled, our correspondent pokes through the rubble
Essays & reportage
1 June 2019
Australian tactician Lynton Crosby could win the prime ministership for Boris Johnson, but at what cost?
National affairs
30 May 2019
With most results in, the electoral landscape is looking challenging for the federal opposition
National affairs
29 May 2019
What went wrong for Australia’s best-known pollsters?
International
24 May 2019
History helps explain the Modi government’s historic victory this week. But some parts of the country are still holding out
National affairs
22 May 2019
Strategies that pander to the party “base” have been thoroughly discredited
National affairs
20 May 2019
Labor’s next leader faces the job of rebuilding the party in a low-growth world
Essays & reportage
20 May 2019
Saturday night’s result revealed the power of a grassroots movement
National affairs
20 May 2019
Comparisons between this weekend’s result and the 1993 election miss an essential point
National affairs
19 May 2019
Election 2019 | What exactly happened around Australia yesterday?
National affairs
19 May 2019
Election 2019 | A fearful voter can be an unpredictable thing
National affairs
18 May 2019
Election 2019 | Will the skittish commentariat be vindicated tonight?
National affairs
17 May 2019
What does the latest evidence say about the likely election outcome?
National affairs
17 May 2019
Election 2019 | The two-party-preferred count is a relic of an era in which the major parties were overwhelmingly dominant
National affairs
16 May 2019
Election 2019 | Glenn Druery is working his magic again, this time in his boss’s home state
Essays & reportage
15 May 2019
The decision by former Fairfax papers to sack one of their market researchers raised thorny questions about pollsters and their polls
International
15 May 2019
On the ground, the Philippines midterm results look less like an endorsement of Rodrigo Duterte’s policies than an illustration of the power of money. Photos by Dave Tacon
National affairs
15 May 2019
Election 2019 | If the banks can change, imagine the scope for cultural reform in politics
National affairs
15 May 2019
Election 2019 | Is a change-oriented campaign helping Labor over the line — and would the polls know either way?
National affairs
14 May 2019
Election 2019 | Chill winds have been buffeting the health minister from all sides
National affairs
14 May 2019
Election 2019 | Turn the argument around the other way, and the defenders of the status quo are on even shakier ground