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michaelflutist's avatar

That kind of margin for either party is unusual in Australia, isn't it?

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Paleo's avatar

Not up enough on Australian electoral history to say.

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axlee's avatar

As counted so far, you need to go back to WWII to find the Labor achieving this kind of two party margin.

The late-count pre-poll votes may change the picture a bit though.

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michaelflutist's avatar

Do you know the last time the Liberals got this degree of electoral success?

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Henrik's avatar

Damn, I figured Labor would

Hold on but not by those margins. Did the Teals largely get wiped out?

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axlee's avatar

The Teals seem to hold on well. Maybe even expand one seat.

This is not FPTP. The affluent moderates don’t have to rank Labor first to prevent the Coalition.

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