Victorian Labor slumps in Resolve poll but still in winning position; Labor failure on upper house reform comes back to bite
- Written by Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne

The Victorian state election is on Saturday with polls closing at 6pm AEDT. There are 88 single-member lower house seats with members elected by preferential voting, and 40 upper house seats in eight five-member electorates.
A Resolve poll for The Age, conducted November 16-20 from a sample of about 1,000, gave Labor a...