It doesn’t take a genius to realise that the Coalition is struggling right now. After winning the election last year by a bees dick, they’ve not really had much political success, experiencing a series of gaffes, missteps and failures as they bleed their conservative base to the nutjobs in One Nation.
It’s reflecting in the polls. According to today’s Newspoll, Turnbull’s in even rougher shape than he was mere weeks ago. On a two-party preferred basis, Labor leads the Coalition 55 – 45. That means if an election were held today with similar preference flows as the 2016 election, they’d win in a landslide – scoring them over 85 seats.
One Nation has really built up support, too. They’re now polling at 10 percent, which puts them at about the same level of support as the Greens. That is… worrying.
This is the worst result Turnbull has copped since he took over the leadership. A quick reminder: Turnbull’s justification for knifing Tony Abbott was the fact the government had been slaughtered in 30 consecutive Newspolls. This is Turnbull’s 8th. His satisfaction rating is 29 percent – one point lower than Abbott’s was when he ate the kerb.
It’s not all doom-and-gloom for Malc, though. Even though he’s not well-liked, neither is Bill Shorten. Turnbull’s still leading Bill in the preferred prime minister stakes – and Shorten’s net satisfaction has plummeted since a similar poll at the end of last year.
It’s almost as if the Australian population is waking up to the fact that the entrenched political establishment is actually a bit of a talentless shitheap without much aspiration beyond personal career advancement. Funny about that.
Source: The Australian.
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