How do you follow the election?

Feel free to disregard this question if you’re from overseas or not interested in politics. But if you’re Australian and politically aware, how do you follow the Federal Election?

Is it TV, radio, internet, telephone, physical presence, the next day’s newspaper or some other way?

I use the internet and radio. I have several tabs open in Firefox to the AEC, ABC and whatever else is going. I tune into the ABC Radio coverage via internet for State elections, but I’ll probably use the local broadcast tomorrow night on wireless to save bandwidth.

I get seat-by-seat results on the web and listen to commentary and news on the radio. For me, internet and radio combined offer the best live coverage. Many others have their favorite TV commentators instead, whether it be Laurie Oakes or Anthony Green.

The next day I use the web and newspapers to get a wrap of what happened,