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Comment on Guardian Essential poll: more than half of Australians open to voting for One Nation despite Hanson’s Muslim comments

tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

I wonder how much of this is true and how much of this is massaging the polls for a narrative. The media has tried to spin every election since like 2011 as if it’s going to end up in another hung Parliament. It will be interesting to see how many people actually vote for ON when the time comes

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Nath@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Let’s hear from an actual expert on this topic:

“I think some of the surge in One Nation support is in response to a generic polling question. Many disenchanted voters already have high profile Independent members and candidates in their local seat. It is Independents who are a bigger threat to the Liberal Party, but complex four cornered contests increase the importance of the order candidates finish on primary votes, and affect whose preferences get distributed.”

No, One Nation are in no position to win elections.

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