greggerypeccary wrote on May 12
th, 2016 at 4:49pm:
Good news.
Unfortunately, Steve Irons won't lose Swan.
He's too well known and, the Labor candidate is a complete unknown.
Plus, Steve's a nice bloke and a bloody good local member.
If the swing is on and the voters have got out the baseball bats, it won't matter much who the local member is. The ones on small margins would all be vulnerable.
greggerypeccary wrote on May 12
th, 2016 at 4:49pm:
I'll be keeping a close eye on those other seats, though.
If the swing is on, keep an eye on ALL the seats. An average swing of 12% means all seats are in play. Sometimes seats can fall on 20% swings. I doubt Asbestos Julie would lose her seat, but any other WA Liberal MP has to be feeling a bit nervous right now.
Tangney (WA) LIB 13.0% (Dennis Jensen, lost Liberal preselection and is recontesting as an independent)
Forrest (WA) LIB 14.0% (Nola Marino)
Curtin (WA) LIB 18.2% (Julie Bishop)
Other seats - safe conservative
Durack (WA) (3.9 v NAT) LIB 15.2% (Melissa Price)
O'Connor (WA) (0.9 v NAT) LIB 15.3% (Rick Wilson)
greggerypeccary wrote on May 12
th, 2016 at 4:49pm:
It seems that QLD and WA will decided this election.
Bring it on!
Yes, bring it on. And the irony is, the double dissolution and the likely large swing has killed off any chance the Liberals have of retaining all six Senate seats in WA. Even the fifth Liberal Senate seat is no longer certain. This requires a primary vote of about 38.5% (5/13) and it is possible the Liberals' primary will fall below this.