Category Archives: Federal Elections

Job recovery was underway in May following initial hit in April May 2020

Jobs Recovery Was Underway In May Following Initial Hit In March/April

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The recovery in many jobs was well under way in May. It’s been most pronounced in those hit first in March/April, working in hospitality, young home buyers, young casual workers also studying at TAFE and this is all to the good. The downturn however continued in May among farming and rural communities, especially fishing (think


Eden Monaro 2020 map

Eden-Monaro by-election 2020

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By JOHN BLACK, Founder of ADS The Eden-Monaro by-election will be held on July 4. With a week to go, Labor’s Kristy McBain is the bookies’ favourite on $1.70 to win, with published robo-polls giving her 53 percent of the two-party preferred (2PP) vote. Despite trailing in the robo-polls and with Sportsbet paying $2.25, I


Election Analysis 2019 - Esri Map - ADS Australian Development Strategies, demographic specialists in Australia

ELECTION ANALYSIS 2019

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Here’s a fantastic Esri map done by Australian Development Strategies and Education Geographics Senior Mapper Dr Jeanine McMullan. It’s online, completely interactive, public and you can email it to your fellow election tragics. You can blow it up, reduce it, drag it around or select an address and see how it rated on each layer.


Labor Digs a Hole with Miners - Federal Election 2019. Report by Australian Development Strategies, demographic Specialists in Australia.

LABOR DIGS A HOLE WITH MINERS

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Hello again, political tragics. As we proceed with our 2019 profiling, the longer-term damage Labor has done to itself with working class men just keeps getting uglier. The chart here tracks the declining profile of miners for the ALP since we first profiled national elections back in 1966. In 1966 the Labor Party and Labour


Shifting Demographic Tectonics - National Election 2019 as reported by Australian Development Strategies, demographic specialists in Australia.

SHIFTING DEMOGRAPHIC TECTONICS

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Hi again, election tragics. We’re currently sifting through the statistical entrails of Saturday’s election, looking for key demographic characteristics of the ALP and Coalition votes and swings. Peeling back the layers to find the underlying linkages between demographics and votes is time consuming and we’re also a bit busy working in the real world at


The Religious Rudd and the Grey Voters - Federal Election 2019

THE RELIGIOUS RUDD AND THE GREY VOTERS

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Hi there again, election tragics. Sorry I’m late with this short article but I had to ice the cupcakes for our school election day fundraising stall. No, seriously, I did. And I had to stop the five year old eating all the chocolate sprinkles. This is a quick note as I have to drop off


Stereotypes and Voting - their significance in National Election 2019. Here’s some data in excel form for you to play with, in the lead up to election day.

STEREOTYPES AND VOTING

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Hi there, election tragics. Here’s some data in Excel form for you to play with, in the lead up to election day and afterwards. It’s in Excel form, so you can copy it, rank the seats, compare them with the vote and do your own sums with them on election night re the swings. We


CLERKS REPLACE TRADIES AS DOMINANT ALP BLOC

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One in four women work as professionals. Their support for Labor candidates steadily increased from 1980 under Coalition Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser and by 2004, this support had levelled off to split 50/50 between Labor and the Coalition. However, the inner-urban professional seats – such as Melbourne Ports and Brisbane – swung to Coalition Leader