National affairs
6 November 2020
Are the polls really less accurate these days?
Correspondents
5 November 2020
With a narrow Biden win looking increasingly likely, what are the prospects for progress on the issues that matter?
International
4 November 2020
In the absence of a clear result on election night, Donald Trump began pursuing his plan to pre-empt
Books & arts
3 November 2020
Journalist Evan Osnos profiles a politician with a half century’s momentum
International
3 November 2020
Our guide to the big three election-day questions
National affairs
31 October 2020
The minor party’s apparent decline can only be good for Labor in today’s state election
International
30 October 2020
National renewal is on hold while the government focuses on next weekend’s election
National affairs
28 October 2020
Experience shows that state parties suffer electorally when their own party governs in Canberra
National affairs
24 October 2020
Twelve years into their coalition with Labor in the ACT, the Greens are stronger than ever
International
23 October 2020
The final presidential debate is unlikely to have changed any minds — but it did remind attentive viewers that Donald Trump doesn’t have a clue about what would replace…
International
23 October 2020
The state of play, the states to watch, and how the count will unfold
Correspondents
19 October 2020
Armed with a historic mandate, can Jacinda Ardern bring about the change she promised in 2017?
Correspondents
19 October 2020
What the Republican Party is attacking is democracy itself
National affairs
18 October 2020
Labor and the Greens have swept to victory in Canberra • New postscript 23 October
National affairs
14 October 2020
Odds are that the ACT government will be returned this weekend, but the balance between Labor and the Greens could shift
National affairs
13 October 2020
Australians are more likely to vote than their international counterparts — but does that mean the system should stay as it is?
Books & arts
8 October 2020
Television | The Comey Rule reminds us that there’s no such thing as a bombshell in the Trump era
International
8 October 2020
The vice-presidential debate maintained the focus on the US administration’s disastrous mishandling of the pandemic
National affairs
6 October 2020
We’ve grown used to televised election confrontations. But do they really shift votes?
International
5 October 2020
Donald Trump’s diagnosis doesn’t change the electoral fundamentals
International
2 October 2020
A vote against independence in New Caledonia this weekend won’t end the quest for nationhood
National affairs
1 October 2020
Will the well-heeled Australian Capital Territory once again vote for the left?
Correspondents
1 October 2020
The debate gave us a clearer idea of what a second Trump term could look like
National affairs
14 September 2020
Politics will be shaped by economics at the next federal election
National affairs
10 September 2020
Normal hostilities have resumed, and the target is the Liberals’ bête noire, Dan Andrews. Next up, Annastacia Palaszczuk…
International
8 September 2020
Young voters look like playing a bigger role than usual in this year’s election
National affairs
1 September 2020
Crises aren’t always bad for governments — federal, state or territory — facing elections
Correspondents
31 August 2020
Donald Trump is mounting the only kind of campaign he knows — despite its failure in 2018
National affairs
24 August 2020
The electoral arithmetic was loaded against Lia Finocchiaro’s Country Liberal Party in Saturday’s Northern Territory election
National affairs
19 August 2020
Donald Trump’s attack on the mail system highlights how a flawed electoral system is struggling with the pandemic