Someone who goes by the handle Conchis writes:

I thought you might be interested in, and would be interested in your views on what I thought was a nice piece of data-driven journalism from the ABC (Australian public broadcaster) investigating possible drivers of the recent Australian election result, which was won by Labor after 9 years of a conservative government, and with a surprisingly poor showing from the right.

For context, following the usual tradition outside the US: red=Labor, blue=conservative Coalition parties (and grey=independents and minor parties such as the Greens). And the Liberals are the main centre right/Conservative party. Australia also has a compulsory preferential voting system, though that doesn’t matter too much for understanding what’s going on in the story or charts, as they use 2 Candidate Preferred measures throughout.

I agree. This is an excellent dynamic visualization, one of the best I’ve ever seen. Just a wonderful mix of graphics and text developing over time.

Credit to:

Reporter and developer: Julian Fell
Designer: Ben Spraggon
Editors: Matt Liddy and Cristen Tilley