Late Year Update
As the year draws to a close, I’d like to review some events from late December; things that may have been skipped in “year end reviews”. I am also going…
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The year to come
There are a number of things to look forward to in the coming year. January 31stSouth Australia (Provincial Level) election Start of “Spring Election Season” March 17thIsrael Election March 22ndSweden…
Welcome to WildRump and Alberta’s future
WildRump will retain the title of “Official Opposition” it seems. The Wildrose party, which was originally elected with 17 members, now has 5 remaining. This ties the Liberals at 5;…
WildRump to remain opposition (for now)
7 Wildrose MLAs are crossing the floor, including the leader, leaving WildRump as the official opposition for the time being. I’ve decided to respond to this by making a map…
Proportional Representation and Japan
While Wildrose figures out what it’s future is, and Glenn Thibeault decides to bring Ontario provincial politics in the news, I thought I would take a step back and examine…
Something going in on Alberta; Wildrose to merge with PC Party?
Nothing confirmed yet, but word from the grapevine is that Wildrose may merge with the PC Party. I want to take a look at party standings in the Alberta Legislature…
More Japan results
I’ve created a results map, using more “Canadian” party colours. This is adapted from the Wikipedia map on the Japan election page. The LDP is shown in Conservative Blue, while…
Japan results
This election did not change much, it seems, when all the ballots have been counted. The Governing LDP has taken 290 seats, down from 294 in the last election. It’s…
Japan, early counting
Early in the counting of ballots in Japan, results seem to indicate a few trends. First, the LDP will not, alone, take a 2/3rds majority; but will retain said majority…
More on Israel
Things are heating up in the Israeli election, scheduled for March. There are a number of developments in the past week. Hatnuah, the party of Tzipi Livni, has decided to…
More on Japan
Japan, the world’s third largest economy, goes to the polls this sunday in an election focused on economic recovery. The governing LDP has a right-wing stimulus package known as “Abenomics”,…
Suddenly, snap election season!
This is a quick post, but I wanted to give everyone a heads up that within the last 24 hours, no less than three countries, have gone into snap elections.…
Suddenly, Japan.
Japan’s Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe has surprised even his own voting public by calling a sudden snap election. Fortunately, this was one of the two countries that had not yet…
Toronto’s new government
http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2014/11/30/mayorelect_john_tory_unveils_his_new_team.html# This article by the star outlines who will fill the seats. In short, the new government looks a lot like the old government. Only one, possibly two councillors are…
Newfoundland prediction map
Using the figures I worked out in my last post, I’ve done up a map. I want to note I ended up using 3 as the Liberal figure as after…
Quick post on rough estimates
This is partly in reply to a 308 post about the by-elections provincially in Newfoundland. What I want to discuss is two things. First; what to do when you want…
US Election quickie
Teddy here; as most of you likely know by now, US politics is not my cup of tea. However, I thought I should at least outline some results from last…
On creating good maps
Teddy here. I am still getting used to my new computer, so the graphics quality of my maps may be below par for a while, however, I take pride in…
Alberta By-Elections
Teddy here on his laptop with a quick update. The above is a colour coded results table. The largest victory is in Calgary-Foothills.The ratio margin is 0.5129That means even if…
Remember to vote, and updates
I hope everyone who follows this blog who can vote today has already done so. Those who have yet to, I hope you do so soon, even if you simply…