Tasmania Election

[Wedgie]

Looks like the 2 major parties are having a massive loss of support to the minor parties, last I saw the Libs only had 30% of the vote and Labor 23%!
Is Labor's first party preference vote dropping everywhere, if so why?
There's been no major issues or are they just state based issues impacting on Tas and to a lesser degree here?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/25/2829624.htm

[Leaping Lindner]

"That is likely to give the balance of power to the Greens, whose support has reached a record 22 per cent."

I imagine a lot of Tasmanians have had a gutful of being run by Gunns by proxy (through the major parties).

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010 ... 805654.htm

[Squawk]

Labor is struggling in NSW, Anna Bligh is falling out of favour in QLD, the NT balance of power is on a knife's edge, and Brumby in Vic has plenty on his plate there at the moment too.

I think is probably cyclical in many cases - new leaders get a grace period to work through issues of a medium/long term nature. When these start getting harder, and the day-to-day issues come in to play as well, the polls narrow.

The Mercury has a election site which is much more extensive than the Advertiser's is.

Tassie also has a Hare-Clark system, which makes their elections a bit different to others.