Elections

[Lods]

Good luck to all my Victorian friends on election day.
You'll need it. ;D

Best political jingle ever.

"Make this state a great state.
A modern up to date state.
Put a one in the square for the DLP "

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyoMMKtx4Wo

[Baggers]

I voted yesterday... couple of interesting observations, firstly... hostility, mostly young blokes. Secondly, older folks regardless of voting preference chatting and laughing together. Shooters party delegate was the angriest looking dude of them all, didn't want to talk with anyone! And the Family First delegate would have to be a Cyril Peabody - straight out of the fifties looking cat, the cardigan was a classic.

[madbluboy]

It's over. 4 more years of Dan.

[Gointocarlton]

It's over. 4 more years of Dan.

Could be worse, could have 4 years of Greens.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Could be worse, could have 4 years of Greens.

Strap yourself in, both major parties are losing numbers to Greens,  Teals and Independents.Give it a couple more elections and we might have joint party rule with Labor and the Greens.

[Mav]

The biggest loser is Rupert Murdoch. His influence over elections is almost non-existent. Scrolling through Apple News over the last month, the Hun/News.com.au headlines were all about Labor corruption, voter backlash, Liberals surging, anti-Dan protest votes etc. etc. They even tried to resuscitate the conspiracy theorem over Dan’s fall down the stairs. None of it worked.

I’m guessing no one reads the Murdoch rags any more (or takes it’s political stories seriously), except maybe in retirement villages where the conservative vote is strong anyway.

[madbluboy]

I didn't believe the conspiracy theory but when I actually saw the stairs lol.

[Lods]

The biggest loser is Rupert Murdoch. His influence over elections is almost non-existent. Scrolling through Apple News over the last month, the Hun/News.com.au headlines were all about Labor corruption, voter backlash, Liberals surging, anti-Dan protest votes etc. etc. They even tried to resuscitate the conspiracy theorem over Dan’s fall down the stairs. None of it worked.

I’m guessing no one reads the Murdoch rags any more (or takes it’s political stories seriously), except maybe in retirement villages where the conservative vote is strong anyway.

Print media has very much lost its influence.
Most folks get their daily news from the commercial TV channels and both 7 and 9 are pretty neutral.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Print media has very much lost its influence.
Most folks get their daily news from the commercial TV channels and both 7 and 9 are pretty neutral.

Social media is where it's at, the Greens, Teals etc are targeting younger voters and the female population.
Liberals have been hopeless marketing wise for a while.
Never had a Lib or Labor doorknock either but the Greens made the effort..

[DJC]

Could be worse, could have 4 years of Greens.

I'd prefer that to 4 years with Matthew Guy as premier.

From my first hand experience of Guy as Minister for Planning, incompetent is the kindest thing I can say.  We've really dodged a bullet tonight.

Jeff Kennett used to say that we get the politicians we deserve.  In other words, join a political party if you don't like who they're serving up as candidates.  That's fine if you're prepared to leap into the shark tank, snake pit or tofu trough.