More Congress Fun
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…
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US Congress (fun with numbers)
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,…
Montreal City Council (and election)
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…
Australia finishes counting
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.…
More International Elections
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…
More international election fun!
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…
More non-Canadian elections, plus Nova Scotia
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…
Australian Election Results
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,…
Liberals lead, NDP second, Tories last in all 4 Atlantic provinces.
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…
Australian conservatives to win Saturday’s election
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…
Australian Election called for September 7th
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,…
Japanese Quickie
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…
Rudd, BC Premier’s Seat, and other things.
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…
Australia’s Rudd returns to power.
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…
A look at Australia
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…
And in the Provinces
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…
Interactive! – What happened in BC
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…
Most surprising election ever
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…
What to watch for in the BC Election.
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…
Nova Scotia votes – (not on) May 21
Teddy here to let you know CBC has opened up a NS votes page:http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nsvotes2013/listing the vote date at May 21st. This comes as a surprise to me, as I have…