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[nonduplicity]

Brumby = goooooorne but will Baillieu do any better or do we not really care as long as Brumby is not our Premier for another three years?

ETA 11.50PM: So I posted this soon after Antony Green made his first "A Liberal Government is likely" prediction on the ABC. What do we think now? Hung parliament or will Baillieu win government?

Comments

[shmobeline]

I think a lot of people are sick of having a Premier that they didn't vote for. And the fact that Brumby built a pipeline that took water from the Goulburn Valley that desperately needed it.

[aertyn87]

This. Having lived in the GV for nearly 20 years, they *need* water to survive. Melbourne don't need water, they can live without green lawns and live with dirty cars.

[usekh]

Sorry we don't live in the USA. No-one here (outside of their own electorate) votes for a Premier.

[thingamabobby]

Technicalities. People vote for an 'image' even if they're not actually voting in the premier themselves.

[lilacsigil]

I agree that no-one cares if the Premier changes in the middle of a term, but the person heading the government or opposition at the time of an election has a strong effect. We don't technically vote for a premier, but I bet more people can name the premier or the PM than can name their own MP.

[shmobeline]

Technically, no, but a lot of people think about who they want as the Premier when they vote for the MP in their electorate.