The South Australian Political Landscape

[Jim05]

That **** Bernardi wins an upper house seat

[dedja]

Good result if you like sporting events
What will he get next?

Not so good result if you want an ambo or hospital bed or struggling with cost of living
Not to mention the State Debt

Doesn’t matter which party wins an election by such a massive margin, it’s bad news regardless.

[dedja]

That **** Bernardi wins an upper house seat

Yep … 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 … before he quits ON but sucks on the public teat doing SFA for 8 years

[dedja]

I think what’s happening in Nurungga is that whilst ON are ahead on 1st preferences, the Electoral Commission pre-determine the anticipated 1st and 2nd first preference leaders on the night (Liberal and Independent by the looks of it) so they direct the booths to count 2CP on that basis, NOT whoever are 1st and 2nd as per counted first preference votes.

They do this to give the media something to report on election night. This will all be recounted properly later, so ON do have a big chance to win this seat.

By the way, doesn’t matter if ON win 1, 2 or even 3 lower house seats, Labor will have such a massive margin that they can do as they please.

[RB]

It has to be said that the polling appears to have been very accurate.

[dedja]

It has to be said that the polling appears to have been very accurate.

At this stage, absolutely.

[gadj1976]

we're stuffed without a decent opposition. And the opposition is opposing itself. What a clusterfxxx of a state.

[Jim05]

And ON get Hammond by the looks

[dedja]

And ON get Hammond by the looks

Far too early to call I’d say.

[RB]

we're stuffed without a decent opposition. And the opposition is opposing itself. What a clusterfxxx of a state.

Cluster&%$# of an opposition, definitely.

It's possible the ALP + Green end up with a majority in the upper house, but the Greens don't tend to give Labor much of a free pass, so it's not quite the case the Labor have carte blanche.

[Jim05]

And ON get Hammond by the looks

Far too early to call I’d say.

ON leading Labor on Primaries with the Libs and Independent following.
Was mentioned that both the Libs and Independent has preferenced ON in Hammond so not sure how they don’t win it unless there is a massive swing in the count

[morell]

Who was that Liberal SA party stooge that was always in here parroting absolute rubbish. I can't remember but whoever you were.

EAD

[morell]

And they need to keep Hurn

Class act

[Brodlach]

ALP held their celebrations at Adelaide Oval, Libs used the phone box on Hindley Street

[Booney]

Amazing the amount of people who were seduced* by Pauline.

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[Jim05]

Amazing the amount of people who were seduced* by Pauline.

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I don’t think they were seduced by her as such, sure she has a small weird cult following but feel like the bulk are disenfranchised Liberal voters who feel they have no one else to vote for.
I was once a rusted on Libs voter but haven’t done for some time and as someone who will never ever vote Labor I just find it easier to scrawl a cock and two balls rather than vote ON or others though

[dedja]

I don’t begrudge anyone who has a different political opinion than me, so whilst I despite Hanson and what she stands for, if people want to vote for her party, then fine, that’s their right.

With the Liberals seemingly imploding everywhere, people have to vote for someone.

Despite their relatively high primary vote, One Nation will be unlikely, whether in this SA election or future State or Federal elections, have much direct standing or influence because they will unlikely translate that first preference vote to many seats as they’re minions when it comes to preference deals and are highly despised by those who don’t give them their first preference. That said, they could be a tad pesky in an Upper House if they hold the balance of power there.

It’s democracy at work, just like Labor winning in a landslide even though their primary vote slid a tad from the last election.

I think Labor having a massive majority and no effective opposition is more of a concern than people exercising their right to vote for One Nation.

[Jimmy_041]

Amazing the amount of people who were seduced* by Pauline.

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I don’t think they were seduced by her as such, sure she has a small weird cult following but feel like the bulk are disenfranchised Liberal voters who feel they have no one else to vote for.
I was once a rusted on Libs voter but haven’t done for some time and as someone who will never ever vote Labor I just find it easier to scrawl a cock and two balls rather than vote ON or others though

Not sure about that - Primary votes (51.9% counted)

0.9% overall swing away from ALP

But look at these electorates:
Elizabeth - 14.7% swing away from ALP
Giles - 14.5% swing away from ALP
Kauna - 7% swing away from ALP
Light - 18.1% swing away from ALP
Mawson - 5.6% swing away from ALP
Pt Adelaide - 7.1% swing away from ALP
Taylor - 10.5% swing away from ALP

There may be some local reasons which I dont know (or care) about but for such a landslide, Labor would be very worried they got less Primary vote and those electorates had massive contrary swings

[Brodlach]

I don’t think they have started counting pre poll votes, I would think ALP will be favored by them

[dedja]

I don’t think they have started counting pre poll votes, I would think ALP will be favored by them

95% of polling booths and 62.7% of early voting centres (pre-polls) have been counted (these are percentages of the total booths, not percentage of votes)