What are the implications for the Democrats and Pauline Hansons One Nation?
It has got to be said that the Australian Democrats are a spent force in Australian politics. The ship is not just listing – it is sinking… and when you have the party’s leader jumping for the life rafts it says a lot about where that party is headed. My view is that Kernot has recognised that the Democrats will be decimated at the next federal election as the mainstream Australian come in behind Pauline Hanson’s One Nation. One Nation has done its own polling and come up with some quite remarkable results over the last few days. These include nationwide support varying from 15% to 40% (region dependent). The One Nation results made a mockery of the Neilsen/McNair poll published on Monday which was taken on 2057 people and showed that 24% of respondents would cast their first preferences for a party other than the Labor or Liberal parties. Of these 7% said that they would vote for One Nation – the same as the better-known Australian Democrats. A spokesman for One Nation said, “Our ab
