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longweekend58 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 45675 Gender:	Greens 'surging' to 8.5% Sep 7^th, 2013 at 9:29pm So Greens are down from 11.7% to 8.5% I believe that is part that trajectory I wrote of earlier. Third parties come and third parties go. So another failure by the Greens!
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Re: Greens 'surging' to 8.5%
Reply #1 - Sep 7^th, 2013 at 9:35pm

longweekend58 wrote on Sep 7^th, 2013 at 9:29pm:

So Greens are down from 11.7% to 8.5%

I believe that is part that trajectory I wrote of earlier. Third parties come and third parties go.

So another failure by the Greens!

Not going to happen, longy.

That 8.5% is pretty much rock solid.

Climate change is not going to go away and the Greens will pick up ground as the electorate demands their politicians do something about it.

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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: Greens 'surging' to 8.5% Reply #2 - Sep 7^th, 2013 at 9:37pm http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1367993730 You a person of your word Long? Reply 5? http://www.abc.net.au/news/federal-election-2013/guide/melb/
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Re: Greens 'surging' to 8.5%
Reply #3 - Sep 7^th, 2013 at 10:02pm

lol the greens actually lost votes while labor lost votes. The green extremists couldnt even pick up votes in an atmosphere that gave them all the opportunity. Nope. They actualy lost votes instead.

So now the greens cant even be called a 10%er party. It is an 8%er. Just doesnt ring the same, but to some, its sound much much better.

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Reply #4 - Sep 7^th, 2013 at 10:10pm

This was after losing our leader and founder, Bob Brown.
A mass campaign by Libs to try and tie Greens with Labor
A fear campaign over carbon pricing,
Throwing everything they had and that was by preferencing Greens Last
All during a mode of the country shifting right.

If you libs couldn't crush us this time, your Green nightmare continues stronger from the experience and still on our longterm path plan.

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Reply #5 - Sep 7^th, 2013 at 10:36pm

Thats hysterical longy.

Truth is Greens are having a sensational night - given the anti-left sentiment during this election. They have won Melbourne with a phenomenal primary vote - all you lot had written off Bandt months back. Also, most of their swing this election is due to the massive vote to PUP in QLD. In the senate they are certain to pick up seats, and quite possible retain the BOP.

Writing off the Greens as "just another minor party" is nonsensical. They are associated with a massive world-wide political movement, about an issue that is only growing in importance.

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Re: Greens 'surging' to 8.5%
Reply #6 - Sep 7^th, 2013 at 11:05pm

MOTR wrote on Sep 7^th, 2013 at 9:35pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Sep 7^th, 2013 at 9:29pm:

So Greens are down from 11.7% to 8.5%

I believe that is part that trajectory I wrote of earlier. Third parties come and third parties go.

So another failure by the Greens!

Not going to happen, longy.

That 8.5% is pretty much rock solid.

Climate change is not going to go away and the Greens will pick up ground as the electorate demands their politicians do something about it.

what is solid about losing 30% of your support in 3 years? and it dropped in every state bar NSW I think. there is nothing good about the Greens performance at all.

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Re: Greens 'surging' to 8.5%
Reply #7 - Sep 7^th, 2013 at 11:07pm

polite_gandalf wrote on Sep 7^th, 2013 at 10:36pm:

Thats hysterical longy.

Truth is Greens are having a sensational night - given the anti-left sentiment during this election. They have won Melbourne with a phenomenal primary vote - all you lot had written off Bandt months back. Also, most of their swing this election is due to the massive vote to PUP in QLD. In the senate they are certain to pick up seats, and quite possible retain the BOP.

Writing off the Greens as "just another minor party" is nonsensical. They are associated with a massive world-wide political movement, about an issue that is only growing in importance.

talk about naïve. Melbourne was the one high spot. everywhere elss, the Green vote has dropped. last election it was 11.7. Now it is 8.7

That is a THREE PERCENT DROP and not one you can argue away.

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polite_gandalf Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20027 Canberra Gender:	Re: Greens 'surging' to 8.5% Reply #8 - Sep 7^th, 2013 at 11:21pm longweekend58 wrote on Sep 7^th, 2013 at 11:07pm: That is a THREE PERCENT DROP and not one you can argue away. No one is arguing it away. But coming off a record and unrealistically high result in 2007 - is not a good indicator of chronic decline.
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Re: Greens 'surging' to 8.5%
Reply #9 - Sep 7^th, 2013 at 11:23pm

polite_gandalf wrote on Sep 7^th, 2013 at 11:21pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Sep 7^th, 2013 at 11:07pm:

That is a THREE PERCENT DROP and not one you can argue away.

No one is arguing it away. But coming off a record and unrealistically high result in 2007 - is not a good indicator of chronic decline.

The Greens have actually increased their representation in Canberra.

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polite_gandalf Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20027 Canberra Gender:	Re: Greens 'surging' to 8.5% Reply #10 - Sep 7^th, 2013 at 11:30pm nm
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Re: Greens 'surging' to 8.5%
Reply #11 - Sep 7^th, 2013 at 11:33pm

MOTR wrote on Sep 7^th, 2013 at 11:23pm:

polite_gandalf wrote on Sep 7^th, 2013 at 11:21pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Sep 7^th, 2013 at 11:07pm:

That is a THREE PERCENT DROP and not one you can argue away.

No one is arguing it away. But coming off a record and unrealistically high result in 2007 - is not a good indicator of chronic decline.

The Greens have actually increased their representation in Canberra.

have they? same in the lower house and the upper house results are way short of being declared or even obvious so what are you referring to.

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