Comment on Barnaby Joyce in advanced talks with Pauline Hanson to join One Nation

• HalfEarthMedic@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This is exactly the point that a lot of the mainstream media are missing in their coverage.

  There are exactly as many weird racist cranks voting as there always was but they are abandoning the Liberal party party for One Nation. At the same time centrist voters are abandoning the Liberals for Labor. The overall political shift is to the left, not the right and what remains of the right is more extreme and less credible.

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  • Ilandar@lemmy.today ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    According to RedBridge, the biggest shift to One Nation is among Gen X men. Kinda interesting because I already associated that demographic with cooker culture and now they seem to be making the shift to cooker politics as well.

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    • HalfEarthMedic@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s interesting and counterintuitive to me, although it fits with a lot of the commentary around right wing politics. I have quite a few Gen X male friends.

      As I’m laying in bed a bit tired and trying to organize my thoughts about this I have to remind myself that it can both be true that the biggest shift to One Nation is Gen X men, and that most Gen X men are kind and reasonable people who don’t vote for One Nation.

      I wonder how much is a conservative shift with age as that group enters their 50s.

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