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Saturday, September 09, 2006
Greens stunning Queensland result as Family First flops
Despite predictions from many, the Greens have achieved a stunning result in the Queensland state poll.With little media coverage and a supposedly buoyed Family First coming to steal the show, the Greens have dramatically improved on their result from last time.
Well in to tonight’s count and the Greens are on 8%. This is double what The Australian newspaper’s Newspoll had the party on in their latest poll (4%) and 4 times what the poll had the Greens on (2%) earlier in the campaign.
In the seat of Mount Coot-tha the Greens vote is over 21% an in Brisbane 19%.
The Greens vote is up almost 20% on their result at the February 2004 state election when the party secured 6.7%
Meanwhile Family First has polled less than 2%. This is a very weak result in what should be their best state. Some will argue it is because they stood in less seats, the reality of course is that the number of seats a party stands in is a measure of that party’s strength.
The journalist mistake of the campaign must surely go to The Australian newspaper’s Sean Parnell who said ahead of today’s election “Other minor parties, including Family First, and independents have benefited from the demise of the Greens…”
Wrong on so many counts.
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