Ben is joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to discuss the results of yesterday’s Australian federal election, which produced Labor’s best result since 1943. We talk about the close seats, how multi-party politics is transforming local electorate contests and what is likely to happen in the Senate.
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Great podcast Ben
It was interesting about Northern Tasmania seats especially Braddon White Working class areas that many thought may have been permenently lost. It is possible that Capricornia/Page may actually be lost by Labor for good but that i want to wait somemore time especially when current incumbents retire. Calare was a seat that Labor often won in the past but will never be won again. Regarding Herbert, i am also not too sure if Labor will win it back i think it is safe while the current incumbent is the member however, Herbert is an entirely urban electorate so i think it is a bit like Solomon demographically compared to Flynn or Capricornia
Keep an eye on Bradfield. I think this will flip either way. I also think Libs will win Goldstein and Ind will just win Kooyong, but could be very close. I am sure W. Bowe knows more than me but perhaps postals are flowing to the Libs in these seats much more than expected in his projection tool.