Australia up next: Federal election tomorrow

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EricHiggin said:

curl-6 said:

Yeah the horror stories coming out of America and the fear that "that could happen here" were absolutely a factor, most Aussies don't view Trump favourably.

It's not the only factor; Dutton himself is not well liked and has been unpopular on a national level for years now, IMO it was a mistake for the Liberals to even try to run him as a candidate for PM, I'm sure they could have found someone, anyone, more charismatic.

It's more likely because CAN and AUS are closet sexist Countries, obviously. CAN Libs had the choice of Freeland and chose Carney instead. 

Dunno bout AUS, but CAN 2025 feels more like USA 2020, and since we tend to lag, could very well mean CAN 2029 might end up USA 2024.

'People aren't buying GTA VI because the news about GTA is scary and says bad things might happen because it did to a few others'.  LOL

People look at what's happening to the US currently under right wing leadership and most of them don't want their own country to follow the same path, it's that simple.

That's not the only factor in the Liberal Party getting whipped here of course; it also doesn't help that they just didn't offer anything to inspire or reassure people in terms of policies or ideas, and they ran a widely disliked candidate.

The end result though is clear; a resounding conservative rout.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 03 May 2025