This article covers the March South Australian state election and November Victorian state election. The United States will hold midterm elections in November, giving Democrats an opportunity to take control of Congress.

The South Australian state election will be held on March 21. All 47 lower house seats will be elected in single-member districts, and 11 of the 22 upper house seats will also be up for election using statewide proportional representation with preferences.

Labor won the 2022 SA election by 27 lower house seats to 16 for the Liberals with four independents, defeating a one-term Liberal government. Labor won the two-party vote at that election by 54.6–45.4.

There have been three SA polls taken since last May’s federal election where Labor won a surprise landslide. A May YouGov poll gave Labor a 67–33 lead, an October DemosAU poll gave them a 66–34 lead and an early December Fox & Hedgehog poll gave Labor a 61–39 lead.

If the election results reflect the DemosAU and YouGov polls, Labor would win the second biggest landslide at an Australian state or federal election, behind only the Western Australian 2021 Labor landslide (69.7–30.3 to Labor).

The 11 upper house seats up for election this year were last elected in 2018. Ignoring........

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