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Up for debate
Lesley Russell
3 July 2019
Has the race for the Democratic Party nomination already taken a dangerous turn?
National affairs
Voting for the future
Peter Brent
26 June 2019
Secrecy and convenience don’t always coincide in Australia’s highly accessible electoral system
National affairs
Notes on an election
Peter Brent
7 June 2019
Dust settled, our correspondent pokes through the rubble
Essays & reportage
Boris’s brain
James Murphy
1 June 2019
Australian tactician Lynton Crosby could win the prime ministership for Boris Johnson, but at what cost?
National affairs
Labor’s numbers game
Paul Rodan
30 May 2019
With most results in, the electoral landscape is looking challenging for the federal opposition
National affairs
Queensland, and other polling problems
Peter Brent
29 May 2019
What went wrong for Australia’s best-known pollsters?
International
The man, the moment, the media
Robin Jeffrey
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
For both parties, the lessons of the election are clear
Michael Gill
22 May 2019
Strategies that pander to the party “base” have been thoroughly discredited
National affairs
Clearing the scrub
Frank Bongiorno
20 May 2019
Labor’s next leader faces the job of rebuilding the party in a low-growth world
Essays & reportage
Warringah’s win
Sara Dowse
20 May 2019
Saturday night’s result revealed the power of a grassroots movement
National affairs
Wrong-target strategy
Peter Browne
20 May 2019
Comparisons between this weekend’s result and the 1993 election miss an essential point
National affairs
The great divide
Tim Colebatch
19 May 2019
Election 2019
| What exactly happened around Australia yesterday?
National affairs
A lesson twice learnt
Peter Brent
19 May 2019
Election 2019
| A fearful voter can be an unpredictable thing
National affairs
Can you feel it?
Peter Brent
18 May 2019
Election 2019
| Will the skittish commentariat be vindicated tonight?
National affairs
It could be a long night
Tim Colebatch
17 May 2019
What does the latest evidence say about the likely election outcome?
National affairs
A matter of preferences
John Quiggin
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
Victoria: where preferences whisper the name Hinch
Tim Colebatch
16 May 2019
Election 2019
| Glenn Druery is working his magic again, this time in his boss’s home state
Essays & reportage
Who controls opinion polling in Australia, what else we need to know about the polls, and why it matters
Murray Goot
15 May 2019
The decision by former Fairfax papers to sack one of their market researchers raised thorny questions about pollsters and their polls
Correspondents
In Angeles City, all politics is local
Margaret Simons
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
Beyond the political duopoly
Mike Steketee
15 May 2019
Election 2019
| If the banks can change, imagine the scope for cultural reform in politics
National affairs
Careful what they wish for
Peter Brent
15 May 2019
Election 2019
| Is a change-oriented campaign helping Labor over the line — and would the polls know either way?
National affairs
Greg Hunt’s zeitgeist problem
James Murphy
14 May 2019
Election 2019
| Chill winds have been buffeting the health minister from all sides
National affairs
If franking credits and negative gearing didn’t exist, no one would invent them
Brendan Coates & Danielle Wood
14 May 2019
Election 2019
| Turn the argument around the other way, and the defenders of the status quo are on even shakier ground
National affairs
Helping first homebuyers, and other misdirected pledges
Tim Colebatch
14 May 2019
Election 2019
| Two parties, three promises, three problems
National affairs
A close election draws closer
Paul Rodan
14 May 2019
Election 2019
| If the polling consensus is right, each winnable seat will count for Labor
National affairs
Getting the numbers
Rodney Tiffen
13 May 2019
Inside Story
’s guide to seventy years of parties, polling and politics
National affairs
Labor’s bottom line
Tim Colebatch
11 May 2019
Election 2019
| There’s not much for the government to attack in Labor’s taxing and spending plans
National affairs
Do the times suit the Greens?
Shaun Crowe
9 May 2019
Election 2019
| Labor’s momentum has posed a challenge for the other party of the left
National affairs
Labor on the edge
Mike Steketee
8 May 2019
Election 2019
| With ten days to go, an unconventional campaign has turned into a nailbiter
National affairs
Labor’s nightmare (and other preference puzzles)
Peter Brent
7 May 2019
Election 2019
| Voters’ rankings could count in ways that aren’t clear in the polls
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