Victorian Election and the Greens

[winikoff]

Looks like the green's weren't successful in the lower house, with the exception of Melbourne, which is too close to call (at one point Pike was ahead on 50.2%, then a little later she's behind on 49.6

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[tigerdenbodu]

Potentially 1-4 green seats, though the ABC coverage was only giving Greens 1 seat for the upper house.

I observed that Greens do best where there are lots of well-educated/professionals in the area, eg. inner city places like Melbourne and Brunswick (25-29% primary), as well as safe Liberal seats like Hawthorn and Kew (15-19% primary).
The worst Green votes are in the predominantly lower-class Labor seats such as Dandenong, and much of country Victoria.

It just shows that somehow we need to reach and educate the lower-class/working class people in order to have much impact - politically at least. Ironically (as my SO pointed out), the climate impact of your average Dandenong resident is probably much less than the average Melbourne/Brunswick/Hawthorn resident due to dwelling occupancy, disposable income and lifestyle.

[winikoff]

Yes, the ABC coverage is still only (rather) educated guesswork. According to the Virtual Tally Room no seats have been confirmed ...

Green voting is definitely linked with education (as is green membership!)