Published: November 25, 2018
People voted for a government, rather than against the Coalition’s policies, style, or leader
After every state election, as soon as the result is known, the next story is what the federal implications might be. Usually, there are none. Australians routinely vote differently in state and federal elections, smart enough to differentiate their functions and sometimes favouring one party at the state level and another at the federal.
We’ve known for months if not years that the federal government is headed for a drubbing, bar an extraordinary comeback, and yet Tasmanians and South Australians elected Liberal state governments in March, at the same time as Newspoll had Labor ahead federally 53% to 47%.
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