Here's how I sawe things unfold with the election today.
At 4.30pm (GMT +8) I logged into the ABC election coverage and was aghast at what I saw. Although only 1.6% of the vote had been counted (and primarily in Tasmania where polling closed first) the Liberals had a phenomenal lead gleaned from a 5% swing in their favour and a 2% swing against the ALP (matched by a similar swing to the Greens).
By 6pm when booths were closing in WA, and with 30% of the vote counted, the tally had become a little more even.
PARTY | % OF VOTE | SWING |
Liberal | 40.7% | +3.2 |
---|---|---|
National | 5.9% | +0.3 |
Labor | 37.7% | -0.2 |
Greens | 7.2% | +2.3 |
Democrats | >1.4% | -3.9 |
One Nation | 1.1% | -3.2 |
Others | 6.0% | +1.5 |
It is abundantly clear that the Coalition has gained from the demise of One Nation and that The Greens are reaping additional votes from dissafected ALP and Democrat votes.
On a Two Party preferrred basis the AEC website was showing:
Liberal/National Coalition | 1,411,158 | 53.61 | +2.10 |
---|---|---|---|
Australian Labor Party | 1,220,962 | 46.39 | -2.10 |
Clearly a Coalition win was imminent from the onset.
A sad, sad, day for Australia.
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