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fivemmvegemite@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
The nats hang on in their rural areas with their rusted on voters. I’d be surprised if their brand of party were able to translate that into any city seats.
They really throuhg everything and the kitchen sink at bendigo. The twin sister in my mind has always been Ballarat. they had no issues retaining labor, and i suspect without the incredible effort dumped on bendigo the nats candidate would have struggled to get ahead.
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I dunno, I grew up in Ballarat and went to Uni in Bendigo, and I think the latter definitely skews further right. Ballarat is the home of Australian democracy, and folks are really proud of that fact. It’s always refreshing going home because people fly the Eureka flag without being racist cunts.
Catherine King is also just very popular locally. She makes sure to be quite responsive through her electoral office.
Anyway, all this is to say that if the Nationals tried a similar run on Ballarat they would have failed spectacularly. There was a 2.5% swing to Paula Doran (Lib) in Ballarat, but King held it still with a 10.5% margin.
fivemmvegemite@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
any other year id agree re nats on ballarat. incumbent in bendigo i thought was popular, who had an. 11.5% lead from last election. nats didnt run in bendigo in 22, and they expanded boundaries this year so there must have been enough for them to think they had a chance.
not wrong tho re skews right