Category Archives: Elections

Malbanese Party kneecapped

Posted on May 23, 2021 by currencylad

Labor’s primary vote in the NSW Upper Hunter by-election: 20.8 percent. I wouldn’t be rushing to jump to conclusions about this having big implications federally. I mean, it was a state by-election… I don’t accept that paradigm (of divisions over … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections, Electric Power and Energy, State Politics | 35 Comments

Good call still good

Posted on May 20, 2021 by currencylad

What a joke! Barilaro called on me to resign when I was the Liberal Prime Minister of Australia! https://t.co/nAP10gwAH1 — Malcolm Turnbull (@TurnbullMalcolm) May 20, 2021

Posted in Elections, Politics of the Left | 40 Comments

Vikki Campion guest post. High stakes in Hunter byelection

Posted on April 17, 2021 by Rafe Champion

AT RISK of plunging the state into minority government, the NSW Upper Hunter byelection has taken hold as the premier political race. Each party knows that in order to win, they must return to pure bloodstock and stop the policy … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections, Guest Post | 47 Comments

Undeniable fact: the 2020 Presidential election was a coup

Posted on February 28, 2021 by currencylad

Michael Anton’s superb essay: The Continuing Crisis: The election and its aftermath.

Posted in American politics, Elections, History | 86 Comments

US post-election thread IX: We got so tired of winning that we stopped winning

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Sinclair Davidson
Posted in American politics, Elections, Open Forum | 1,390 Comments

US post-election thread VIII: It all ends in tears

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Sinclair Davidson
Posted in American politics, Elections | 3,151 Comments

US post-election thread VII: Never Surrender

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Sinclair Davidson
Posted in American politics, Elections, International, Open Forum | 3,788 Comments

US post-election thread VI: Until the bitter end

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Sinclair Davidson
Posted in American politics, Elections, Open Forum | 1,613 Comments

Patrick Basham (again) on the US election

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Sinclair Davidson

Writing in the Epoch Times (zero-price registration required): Voter fraud has a long history in U.S. elections. Since the nation’s independence, there have been 1,302 proven cases, resulting in 1,125 criminal convictions. This year’s election is likely to add to those tallies. … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Story, Elections | 13 Comments

US post-election thread V: Not looking good at SCOTUS

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Sinclair Davidson

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a last-ditch Republican request to block President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania. The court, in a one-sentence order, denied a bid by a Pennsylvania congressman and other Republicans who were pressing an emergency challenge to … Continue reading →

Posted in American politics, Elections, Open Forum | 3,049 Comments