The result in Farrer has made One Nation's attempts to become the natural home for conservative Australians look less like a protest and more like a genuine electoral threat.
They completely lost SA. The only thing that has changed in 30 years is that Pauline has started pretending she’s a successful politician
We have preferential voting and most people will still put her close to last
Most of us hate Trump and Gina. Just because its hair is orange instead of its face doesn’t mean we’ll be fooled
ON supporters just tend to be vocal idiots
A good thought experiment is the covid vaccine. Based on social media, you’d think we were all worried about it. However, if you then click on their profile, it’s almost always a car, truck, guns or horse… And those seem to be the communities causing 99% of the noise. Even if we assume some people lied about the vaccine, it’s still likely 9/10 people with it
It’s one seat.
They completely lost SA. The only thing that has changed in 30 years is that Pauline has started pretending she’s a successful politician
We have preferential voting and most people will still put her close to last
Most of us hate Trump and Gina. Just because its hair is orange instead of its face doesn’t mean we’ll be fooled
ON supporters just tend to be vocal idiots
A good thought experiment is the covid vaccine. Based on social media, you’d think we were all worried about it. However, if you then click on their profile, it’s almost always a car, truck, guns or horse… And those seem to be the communities causing 99% of the noise. Even if we assume some people lied about the vaccine, it’s still likely 9/10 people with it
Empty vessels make the most noise, that’s for sure