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David Hayes 12 July 2015 After five years in a bunker a wounded party faces a choice of exits, says David Hayes  
National affairs Rodney Tiffen 23 June 2015 With declining reach and influence, the Murdoch empire can no longer determine election results, writes Rodney Tiffen National affairs Peter Brent 19 June 2015 Labor’s state election successes during the Howard era propelled ill-equipped party heavies into Canberra, writes Peter Brent. The Killing Season is showing us some… David Corlett 15 June 2015 Having won the war against the Tamil Tigers and governed with an iron grip, Mahinda Rajapaksa seemed impregnable, reports David Corlett. But behind the scenes a movement… Books & arts Hannah Forsyth 15 June 2015 Books | Stuart Macintyre’s history of Australia in the 1940s is a big book in the best sense
Essays & reportage Graeme Orr 1 June 2015 The electoral cycle is made up of rituals, both elaborate and everyday. Understand them and we will better understand democracy itself, writes Graeme Orr in his new book
National affairs Paul Rodan 29 May 2015 Opposition leaders generally get a positive swing at their first election, writes Paul Rodan. Bill Shorten will probably need more than that From the archive Stephen Mills 20 May 2015 Michael Cooney’s account of his years as prime ministerial speechwriter helps explain what went wrong James Jupp 12 May 2015 A different kind of British election yielded a familar result, writes James Jupp in Britain David Hayes 9 May 2015 A purgative election has cleared the way for even bigger contests to come, says David Hayes
National affairs Peter Brent 7 May 2015 Despite the policy differences, the Greens have important things in common with the major parties, writes Peter Brent
International Lesley Russell 7 May 2015 The Republicans are entering a toxic period of jostling for the presidential nomination, writes Lesley Russell. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton faces no real challenger David Hayes 6 May 2015 An odd election campaign ends with nationalists becoming unionists and radicals conservatives, writes David Hayes David Hayes 2 May 2015 A wary, data-driven, Scotland-focused contest gives voters no lead, says David Hayes   David Hayes 22 April 2015 Britain’s election is a blind date with destiny, says David Hayes
National affairs Peter Brent 2 April 2015 Unexpected wins in 1993, 1998 and 2001 have distorted the way we interpret election results, writes Peter Brent. The effects are still influencing how political players…
National affairs Tim Colebatch 30 March 2015 Once the natural party of government, the Liberal Party has been performing badly across Australia for thirty years or more, writes Tim Colebatch. Mike Baird has shown… Podcasts Peter Clarke 29 March 2015 The Coalition has won a convincing victory in New South Wales. Stephen Mills talks to Peter Clarke about the result and its implications Podcasts Peter Clarke 23 March 2015 Down to the wire? In this fifteen-minute podcast, Peter Clarke talks to psephologist Peter Brent about this Saturday’s NSW election and the federal… National affairs Peter Brent 16 March 2015 Are the self-appointed consciences of the Liberal Party helping the government? Peter Brent doesn’t think so
National affairs Marija Taflaga 12 March 2015 Australia’s major parties have learned the wrong lessons from the failure of John Hewson’s 1993 Fightback! campaign and the success of John Howard’s bid…
National affairs David Clune 4 March 2015 Is a Labor victory possible? David Clune looks at what’s working in Mike Baird’s favour, and what isn’t National affairs Peter Brent 26 February 2015 John Howard had an enormous stroke of luck, writes Peter Brent. To realise that is to recognise that imitating him is counterproductive National affairs Tim Colebatch 24 February 2015 Elections in Victoria and Queensland have caught the pollsters wrong-footed, writes Tim Colebatch. Are unexpected preference flows making Australian elections harder to predict? National affairs Brian Costar 23 February 2015 Campbell Newman’s premiership was an object lesson in the dangers of untrammelled power, writes Brian Costar. Queensland needs an upper house to keep governments…
National affairs Tom Griffiths 15 February 2015 Making sense of the premature passing of another elected prime minister will influence the fate of his successors, writes Tom Griffiths
Essays & reportage Carol Johnson and John Wanna 13 February 2015 A new book about the 2013 election campaign shows how the seeds of the current malaise were sown. Carol Johnson and John Wanna look at how Abbott’s gambit… National affairs Graeme Orr 11 February 2015 The final composition of the Queensland parliament is likely to be delayed by court action over an ineligible candidate in Ferny Grove. But that doesn’t mean the LNP should… National affairs Rodney Tiffen 8 February 2015 Eighteen PMs or premiers have been forcibly removed since 1970, writes Rodney Tiffen. In just two cases, the result was a clear win at the following election National affairs Peter Brent 5 February 2015 State-specific factors are part of the story, writes Peter Brent. But there's also a longer-term pattern