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Abbott and Shorten – first poll : Comments
By Graham Young, published 18/10/2013The first thing to note is that Abbott may have won a landslide election, but he's not personally rating that well.
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The total swing against the ALP was 4.61% yet they polled more first preference votes than the Liberals. (33.38% vs 32.02%).
Adding the results of the Nationals and the Country Liberals increases the total Coalition vote to 36.63% - again, not exactly a landslide.
Look at the disproportionate votes versus seats Queensland results.
Remember that more people voted against Abbott's team than for him and much of the traditional votes for both sides went to minor parties.
Abbott has set the new standard for Opposition performance so should not have any cause for complaint when he starts to break promises of his own.