Author: TheNewTeddy

I decided to dig a bit deeper into the support level of the various “caucuses” within the US Congress. I found this website: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/index.asp detailing rollcoll votes. I noted a few things.First, between 15 and 36 Democrats would frequently vote with the Republicans on all sorts of issues.Second, between 35 and 22

A quick post for thinking about. The US Congress recently decided to re-open the government. In the Senate, all Democrats present voted for this. In the House, all Democrats, again, voted for this. In both houses, however, the Republicans split. In the Senate, 28 Republicans voted for the deal while

I decided to take on the task of figuring out what the heck is up in Montreal. Not an easy thing to do by any means. I compared each seat on Montreal’s City Council to it’s same in the last election. Due to the complex way Montreal is organized, this

There are still recounts, of course, but, in general, counting is finally done. Note that previously elected Senators also appear in the table, this explains the 1 “other” in Victoria. A few things that caught my attention:1 – The L/NP managed to win the 2PP in every state.2 – Every

Austria held it’s vote today and the results are as follows. 53 – Social Democrats46 – People’s Party (Conservative)99 – Governing Coalition (two parties listed above) 42 – Freedom Party (Right-Nationalist)22 – Green Party11 – Team (Frank) Stronach9 – NEOS (Liberal) The german elections held last week were more difficult

Tis the season it seems for international elections. Tomorrow Germans across the country go to the polls. Last week, in the german state of Bavaria, the CSU managed to regain the majority they’ve held for most of the past generation or two. Austria goes to the polls in about a

Teddy here with a few things to mention. First, I’ve decided to stop introducing myself at the top of each post I do; I think you guys are familiar with who I am by now, and my style, and can check the username at the bottom. I’ll only differentiate if

Teddy here with a graphic full of numbers showing the result of the election. For those who do not like Numbers as much as I do, I’ll explain. In short, and as expected, the conservative Coalition lead by Tony Abbott won the election with a majority. Most pundits on both

NOVA SCOTIALIB – 41%NDP – 31%PC – 25% NEW BRUNSWICKLIB – 47%NDP – 24%PC – 23% NEWFOUNDLANDLIB – 41%NDP – 33%PC – 26% PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDLIB – 42%NDP – 32%PC – 23% No, this is not some sort of Prank that your friendly neighbourhood Teddy is playing on you, these

Teddy again with a post about the coming Australian election. For those interested, the election (results coverage) starts at 4am (Toronto time) Saturday. I will be watching. Polls have stabilized showing the conservative Liberal-National coalition having a lead of around 4 points. In addition, the lead the L/NP has in

As I mentioned in a post I made earlier, an election in Australia has been a long time coming. On January 30th 2013, the Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, called an election for September 14th. Of course on June 26th, she was overthrown in a leadership spill by Kevin

Teddy here with a quick update on politics elsewhere in the world. In Japan an election was held today for half of the upper house. I’ve cobbled together this table to explain it: I hope this mish-mash makes sense.  It should be noted that the Democrats, Your Party, and Restoration

Teddy here with an update on some seemingly random information. Australia: We have had 4 national polls since Rudd took over Labor’s leadership. I will average them VS the average for the 4 polls previous of his takeover. The 2PP (two party prefered) is when pollsters ask directly for voters

Teddy here. ABC (Australia) is reporting the following:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-26/live-blog-labor-leadership/4782312Kevin Rudd has defeated sitting Prime Minister Julia Gillard to return as Prime Minister and Labor leader. The problem has been one of polls. Gillard has been polling very poorly. So poorly that this entire process (to replace her) began only 9 hours

Teddy here with a quick look at Australia and what is going on in that country. Like Canada, most of the country is “empty” The areas in red are the areas where 95% of Australians live: The Senate of Australia provides for 12 Senators per state and each Territory provides

Teddy here. You may remember a post I made Saying there was, then, was not an election in Nova Scotia. All signs are that the government is readying for an election. When? I can not say, but it is rare for parties to call summer elections, and, summer elections tend to

Teddy here with an interesting experiment, an interactive blog post, where you, the reader, are encouraged to participate. How this will work is I will start with a short post detailing my own theory as to what happened in BC. Readers will weigh in, in the comments section, and at

Teddy here to look at the results of the BC election, the most surprising election ever. Why do I call it that? A few reasons. Lets first compare it to other shocking results. Diefenbaker, 1957. His win was a shock to many, but back in the 50’s the polling industry

Teddy here. Please note this post will be edited/updated apx every hour until the polls close, so, keep coming back for more! The 2pm (eastern) entry is as follows: What should we watch for in the BC Election tonight? Firstly, I’ll do “ridings to watch” a bit later, but in