Trump passively boosting every liberal party in the Western world except the Democrats, just by existing, is a pretty funny bit ngl.
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53.5-46.5 ALP lead
If observed on election day, this would be the greatest Labor victory in a Federal election since *1983*, when Hawke defeated a tired, long in the tooth Coalition government during the Early 80’s Recession.
Any further than 53.5, and we’re going back to *1946*, when Chifley dispatched the newly-founded Liberal Party 54.1-45.9. This was an election that filled Chifley with a false sense of security regarding the popularity of his maintenance of rationing and socialisation policies, with Labor dominating the Senate and all but one state Premiership.
I personally haven’t seen anyone Federally beef their campaign this hard. If Dutton stayed on message with his attacks on Labor, stayed away from awful policies such as the attacks on public servants (which shoved me out of the Liberal Party) and the bid for a referendum to create a two-tiered citizenship system, and didn’t keep brainfarting on matters such as his desire to live in Kirribili rather than in Canberra or bringing his immensely privileged son to a presser to talk about how he can’t afford a house, this wouldn’t have happened.
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Trump passively boosting every liberal party in the Western world except the Democrats, just by existing, is a pretty funny bit ngl.
53.5-46.5 ALP lead
If observed on election day, this would be the greatest Labor victory in a Federal election since *1983*, when Hawke defeated a tired, long in the tooth Coalition government during the Early 80’s Recession.
Any further than 53.5, and we’re going back to *1946*, when Chifley dispatched the newly-founded Liberal Party 54.1-45.9. This was an election that filled Chifley with a false sense of security regarding the popularity of his maintenance of rationing and socialisation policies, with Labor dominating the Senate and all but one state Premiership.
I personally haven’t seen anyone Federally beef their campaign this hard. If Dutton stayed on message with his attacks on Labor, stayed away from awful policies such as the attacks on public servants (which shoved me out of the Liberal Party) and the bid for a referendum to create a two-tiered citizenship system, and didn’t keep brainfarting on matters such as his desire to live in Kirribili rather than in Canberra or bringing his immensely privileged son to a presser to talk about how he can’t afford a house, this wouldn’t have happened.
Trump wasn’t anywhere near enough to cause this.