Jacinta Allan claiming Albo’s result was because of what is going on in Victoria, including the SRL. No hubris whatsoever. I guess we get to decide on her next November.
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Well it obviously isnt an issue when Victorians overwhelmingly voted for Labor in Victoria, so no its not hubris at all to state that.
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Many people on here and elsewhere have said all along Dutton was unelectable from day 1. Their policies were utter garbage but they were goners no matter what they did with him in charge.
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That’s the downside of this result, she’ll pretend that this is validation of Vic Labor.
The additional factor in that is that the Vic Libs are so utterly terrible that there’s no polling booth accountability in this state anyway. And guess what. The Vic Libs have moved further and further Right as well. No coincidence.
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Apparently the margin in Kooyong has tightened from 4% to 1.7% after postal and pre poll vote counting this morning. Postal’s are favouring Hamer 62-38. The seat is going to go down to the wire.
Likewise, in Goldstein, Tim Wilson is closing in and the overall margin is now within 1% after counting this morning.
The policies outside of nuclear were similar between the two major parties. It was Dutton (weird looking and angry) and the Trump factor. Trump scared people. Dutton wasn’t a guy people could warm to.
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You’re probably right, I give public way too much credit to look beyond the personality of a leader and look at actual policy.
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He was a bold choice.
So do you think all the voters rejected the Greens and the LNP because they were inspired by how great the Labor policies were?
I don’t think so in most part.
I think Greens voters rejected the Greens because they became a radicalised party with too much focus on its pro Palestine movement. And I think LNP voters rejected the LNP because they didn’t appear organised, well planned to govern and they didn’t warm to Peter Dutton.
And the overall electorate I think were broadly underwhelmed by the offering from the major parties with most of the latest polling suggesting people were pessimistic about the future and not entirely happy with their leaders. Period.
Any chance Josh has another crack?
I agree with Sean, None/Can’t Say is the leader to watch out for.
Lol yeah lets put a coward in the trenches, who went running to a plum job when it got a little bit too hard.
Highly unlikely. He has a great job paying very well. Based on what I know I’d say no
LNP has become so ignorant to reality it is odds on that they would push up this loser.
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I think he will. Eventually.
I agree. That’s exactly what I’ve been saying all morning. Read my posts.
Yeah, but ‘unelectable’ is a call much more easily made in hindsight. I (and many others) would have called both Abbott and Morrison unelectable, but they both got elected.
I’m sure she’ll try to spin it that way in public, dunno if she’ll really believe it though. I think one of the big lessons we can draw from last nights result, in Victoria and Queensland especially, is that voters are smart enough to distinguish between state and federal issues, and direct their votes accordingly.
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Greens vote hasn’t really moved at all. I wouldn’t say Greens voters have rejected them. They just haven’t attracted any new ones. Which is interesting.
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I’m not saying he should but considering how broken these fools are I wouldn’t put it past them. Whoever they install is a lame duck anyway as they are no chance of forming government in the next 2 elections if at all ever again
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Further context. I think some of their vote has splintered to both the Teals and Labor, their growth has stalled it appears.