Comments | erudito: Queensland state election

erudito

Queensland state election

Mar 25, 2012 01:12

Some thoughts on the amazing electoral rout of the ALP in the Queensland State election.

First, this is the second catastrophic result for the ALP at a State level, after the 2011 NSW disaster. It is beginning to look like a pattern ( Read more... )

politics, elections, friction, antipodes

Comments 6

doesn't work? marycatelli March 24 2012, 21:02:17 UTC

Only if your purpose is to win elections. If your purpose is to preen your ego and never admit you're wrong, it works just fine.

Re: doesn't work? erudito March 27 2012, 05:59:33 UTC

I guess that's right ...

This result is being noticed on a broader stage ... necromancer1962 March 25 2012, 02:49:00 UTC

WUWT has a thread with over 100 comments.

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/03/24/eco-rout-down-under-a-mini-van-will-have-more-seats-than-the-labour-party-in-the-new-parliament/

Jo Nova has a thread with over 100 comments.

http://joannenova.com.au/2012/03/those-devastating-queensland-election-results-voters-hate-lies-and-the-carbon-tax/

Re: This result is being noticed on a broader stage ... erudito March 27 2012, 06:08:15 UTC

I am not sure how much the (Federal) Carbon Tax and the (Federal) Mining Tax factored into the results. The Oz electorate has shown its repeatedly perfectly capable of separating State and Federal politics (e.g. regularly re-electing Howard over a sea of Labor State/Territory Governments: turning out the Coalition in NSW right after chucking out Whitlam in a landslide and so on).

Qld Labor was on the nose before the Qld floods. Premier Bligh had a personal surge in support because she handled them well, but then the downward slide resumed.

Re: This result is being noticed on a broader stage ... necromancer1962 March 27 2012, 08:13:23 UTC

I believe that the exit polls had the carbon tax influencing about 44% of voters. The majority numbers went to state issues, but there was definitely an anti-Labor at all costs factor in this. It is also why the Greens did worse.

In a recent SMH poll, the question was asked "Do you think Bligh's election defeat in Queensland foreshadows doom for the Gillard government?"

Yes: 85%
No: 10%
Not sure: 5%

Votes made: 28,730

I think people are connecting the two spheres of politics.

cutelildrow March 30 2012, 00:32:31 UTC

Hopefully the trend continues! At least Australians are voting intelligently on this score - the spins on the media where I live keep our (leftist) president popular, but they're having great difficulty hiding his ineptitude.

Take comfort in the fact that Labor isn't quite able to bring people to court for opposing them yet, unlike here!