You know what? You're right. That was an oversimplification on my part.
In my opinion, yes. I don't subscribe to the Great Man Theory, and I also dislike tribal politics and that is pretty common in Australian politics. I can think of plenty of people who decide how to vote in a State Election by what is happening on a Federal level and I can think of a hell of a lot more people who vote in a Federal election solely because of who they want as Prime Minister.
You don't need crayons to understand that The Liberal-National Coalition, led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, won a majority in the House of Representatives with 77 of the 151 seats and 51.5 per cent of the national two-party preferred vote. That's 51.5% of 15 million voters - not 25 million. (Coz you seem confused)
I wasn't confused, I was being lazy. Thank you for clearing up the 25 million figure. And like most elections throughout the world, the 2019 Federal election wasn't won by any one thing. You seem convinced there was a collaborative effort amongst Australian voters to elect "a right wing conservative Christian". Not only that isn't the case, Morrison being a right wing conservative Christian was utterly meaningless in regards to the outcome. Labor taking the victory for granted and Bob Brown doing his fucking idiocy at the 11th hour in FNQ were much more significant factors. To provide an analogy to non-Aus forum members - Biden didn't so much win the election as Trump gave it to him for being such a colossal fuckup. Biden could've been a literal plank of wood with a smiley face on it and it would have shifted the final outcome maybe half a percentage point.
LionIRC said:
There seems to be some confusion about what Aust voters think.
Fuck, yeah. People can be confusing sometimes.
LionIRC said:
Australian voters don't respond well to overt and explicit religion...their agenda would harm their chances at the ballot box
...most Australians don't give a shit
Perhaps you should make a crayon picture to explain which is correct.
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Not only that, I can provide a scenario where both statements are correct. Australians don't care about someone's specific religion unless they explicitly use it campaigning and for formation of policy.