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Jezza wrote: I hate Bishop. Her and Pyne are everything that is wrong with the party.
Can you expand on that, Jezza? I am genuinely interested on why many on the right have that opinion.

Never mind, I just read your posts in the other thread and I get it now.
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Mother Theresa could be the PM and that won't save them as they head further to the right with their fruit loop backwards policies. The religious loonies have lost the plot and I hope they head further to the right so the people can remove them and send a clear message.
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Libs seem to be staging a comeback in Wentworth on the back of postal votes. As at 10:30 am there's less than 900 votes in it by my reading.

https://tallyroom.aec.gov.au/HouseDivis ... 44-152.htm
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Latest Update:

Independent (Phelps) = 36,951 (50.6%)
Liberal (Sharma) = 36,067 (49.4%)

73.91% voter turnout at polling booths. More postal votes are still to be counted.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/w ... 8/results/
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Jezza wrote:Latest Update:

Independent (Phelps) = 36,951 (50.6%)
Liberal (Sharma) = 36,067 (49.4%)

73.91% voter turnout at polling booths. More postal votes are still to be counted.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/w ... 8/results/
They are running at over 60% to the Libs (postal votes) I think is what I read earlier
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watt price tully wrote:
Jezza wrote:Latest Update:

Independent (Phelps) = 36,951 (50.6%)
Liberal (Sharma) = 36,067 (49.4%)

73.91% voter turnout at polling booths. More postal votes are still to be counted.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/w ... 8/results/
They are running at over 60% to the Libs (postal votes) I think is what I read earlier
Correct. 64.4% to be exact.
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Jezza wrote:
watt price tully wrote:
Jezza wrote:Latest Update:

Independent (Phelps) = 36,951 (50.6%)
Liberal (Sharma) = 36,067 (49.4%)

73.91% voter turnout at polling booths. More postal votes are still to be counted.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/w ... 8/results/
They are running at over 60% to the Libs (postal votes) I think is what I read earlier
Correct. 64.4% to be exact.
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://www.skynews.com.au/details/_5851447191001?1340887537000

Phelps extends her lead. Friggin iPhone (not the user of course)
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They 'found' 281 more votes? That's higher than the recount margin. Is such a huge discrepancy in 1 booth normal?
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Interesting voter reaction.

Libs primary vote down 19%, Labor and Greens primary vote down 6% each.

The independent, Phelps, has 29% of the primary vote (Libs have 43%)

So, while a number of people are clearly pissed off at the Libs for knifing Turnbull, there's also been a general rejection of the other 2 major parties.

The next federal election could be a dogs breakfast.
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stui magpie wrote:Interesting voter reaction.

Libs primary vote down 19%, Labor and Greens primary vote down 6% each.

The independent, Phelps, has 29% of the primary vote (Libs have 43%)

So, while a number of people are clearly pissed off at the Libs for knifing Turnbull, there's also been a general rejection of the other 2 major parties.

The next federal election could be a dogs breakfast.
I wouldn't read to much into the Labor and Green vote being down as this had been the most blue ribbon electorate in Australia and the elite within were never going to send a protest vote the way of those two parties and chose the independent.

Swing voters who have gone with Labor or The Greens in the past were probably smart enough to know also that Phelps was the only candidate with the chance to win so voted accordingly.
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