Vote Labor for a better future
As predicted the West Australian has moved behind Labor “grudgingly and with serious reservations.” A Westpoll conducted on Monday and Tuesday shows Labor in difficulty in several marginal seats, but the paper doesn’t trust its own poll and the headline reads “Labor was ahead in key marginals.”
A larger and more recent Newspoll puts Labor in a winning position, having improved steadily throughout the campaign. The Australian’s writeup includes this odd comment:
The Newspoll reveals another big surprise: a drift of voter support in Western Australia back to the two major parties.
A shift back to the majors was evident in the federal election results, and minor parties are fielding fewer lower house candidates (the Democrats aren’t running any at all), so I don’t know how that comes as a surprise.
Poll Bludger’s tipping Labor by five seats, Mumble says thirteen, and Crikey’s Charles Richardson says seven.
I certainly hope there’s a big swing to Labor, because Damien Parry has promised to pay some interesting forfeits in the unlikely event that he wins Carine (and if Mumble’s accurate, he could). But I think Poll Bludger’s got it right.
Rain!
Newspoll is a good result :-)
Going to vote at my local booth illustrated that the libs there were just going through the motions, while the ALP were in your face :-) (but I’m biased) :-)
I noticed that the Christian Dimocrats woman just stood there, and the 2 Nurses for Health, aka The libs B team were handing out an election pamphlet discguised as a How To Vote Card.
Noticed there were NO one nation people, or the other independants.
I reckon Swan Hills will increase their majority :-)
I wait with bated breath in my Melbourne laboratory, with my crystal ball showing nothing but a cloudy whirl of sludge.
My interpretation is that it’s too close to call and we will not know by midnight tonight who is the winner of this state election. It could be a couple of weeks before things are revealed.
If Barnett somehow gets over the line, it would be a tragedy for democracy and tolerance, and we will weep for the wretched Munckins of the Wicked Witch of the West who in their stupidity voted in a regressive, fiscally irresponsible and crappy leader. But stupid people deserve stupid governments and like it or not we are not reflections on wretched mainstream society.
I have never been a religious person, but maybe tonigt, I will pray.
Nostradamus: your not the only one who will be praying tonight! Lets hope the West Australian has to sux it up on Monday
Err nostradamus, these wouldn’t be the same stupid people that voted for Gallop previously and presumably would still be the same stupid people if they vote him back in again, would it?
Congratulations Rob.
abc.net says with 52% counted Labor are going to win easily, with only one less seat than in the last parliament.
And One Nation is dead.
Can’t wait to see the results for Embry, Hough and Fischer. Hehe.
I sure hope this gets the Left confident and fired up again.
And yes, I’m posting at 12:30 on a saturday night: I’ve been at work! Too shagged to go out. Bye sleep now.
A gladder victory, to me, could only be found in the termination of Strongarm’s employment.
Yay - no canal and no canons for the police, and no Colin.
Thank you ladies and gentlemen..
a sigh of relief shivers across the nation.
And yes, congratulations Rob.