Monday, October 17, 2016

One Nation keeps rising in popularity. Donald Trump a factor?

Interesting that there's been a big boost in the popularity of Pauline Hanson's One Nation party recently. And she's eating into the LNP's support base. It's really quite amazing.

Newspoll surveys since the July 2 federal election reveal support for One Nation in lower house seats has climbed to six per cent, up from 1.3 per cent on polling day.

In Queensland the minor party is attracting 10 per cent of voters, up from 5.5 per cent in July. In NSW and Western Australia, One Nation's support is six per cent.

Over the same period support for the coalition has dropped 3.1 per cent to 39 per cent, while Labor's vote has increased 1.3 per cent to 37 per cent.

Needless to say, a party's popularity is in a constant state of flux. Still, these are big shifts, and you've gotta wonder what's behind them -- particularly since there haven't been any huge developments in Australian politics lately. Frankly, I think the upcoming election in America has something to do with these rises.

Of course that's just a hunch. But I think a lot of Aussies are watching this epic battle between Trump and Clinton very closely. They're seeing how massively corrupt the whole political establishment is over there -- not to mention the MSM. They can see that Trump is bang on the money when he says the whole system is rigged, and they know it's a lot like that down here.

So, they're feeling a greater level of support for Hanson, who, like Trump is definitely a political outsider -- a kind of "anti-politician" who calls it as she sees it.

Obviously there are other, more powerful local factors at play. Still, I think this has quite a bit to do with it ... What do you reckon?

2 comments:

  1. .... One Nation keeps rising in popularity. Donald Trump a factor ...?

    No. (To the level of: Who is Donald Trump?)

    But former Goanna-Consigliere, Malcolm Turnbull, is a factor (was a deciding factor for my Queensland-cast vote - for Ms Hanson) and so is that West Aus witch: - Wittenoom Woman. Unless and/or until the Visionary Anti-Whitlam, Mr Abbott, is restored as party leader, I will never again vote for a Liberal.

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  2. One is a bombastic narcissist, the other a corrupt liar, with a long grubby criminal history of incompetence. At least Trump never killed anyone whereas HRC has the blood of Americans all over her, and she will do absolutely anything to be POTUS. If she is successful, she will appoint Chelsea, and Bill plum jobs and it will be the beginning of the end for the USA.

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