HUGE MILESTONE REACHED... Labor have lost their lead Federally. But... can you see the problem here? Why are the L/NP neck-and-neck, but ON still behind on a Two Party Preferred basis? Simple... it's because if One Nation candidates are eliminated (as in, a seat comes down to a Labor candidate, or an L/NP candidate as the final two) ON voters do a GOOD JOB of preferencing the L/NP above Labor, and that's what gets the L/NP a lot of their seats. But when it's the reverse? When a seat comes down to Labor vs a One Nation candidate? Too many of the L/NP voters are actually putting LABOR ABOVE ONE NATION in their preferences! The difference isn't actually Labor, the difference is the L/NP voters themselves! If the Labor Party were to win an election... it would be BECAUSE OF L/NP VOTERS. This is true federally as we see here... but it's ALSO true in the coming Victorian State Election, AND will be even MORE true in the NSW State Election next (for reasons I'll cover closer to that time!) PREFERENCE DISCIPLINE MATTERS. If you're planning to vote L/NP, or you know people who are, help them understand that what they do with their PREFERENCES might be the difference between whether LABOR get back in, or not. I said in my Marbles Video for the Vic Election LOWER HOUSE that what matters is the ORDER YOU PUT THE BIG 4: ONE NATION L/NP LABOR GREENS OR if you're an L/NP voter: L/NP ONE NATION LABOR GREENS If there's a STRONG independent then you need to pay attention to them too, and you can put whatever other parties you like inside that mix, but that ORDER matters. The future of Victoria, and in time, Australia, may depend on it! [Thanks to @AusPoll6 for posting the poll results in an easy to read form! Give them a follow!]