According to Possum Comitatus the current four poll average sees Labor at 55.25% against a Coalition at 44.75%. With the posited current uniform swing resulting in a Parliament composed of 94 Labor seats and 56 non-Labor seats.
Yesterday The Australian observed that: "The mood has simply shifted: a hard political decision was needed and is being made without rancour or sentimentality. Politicians have to make hard decisions and at other times voters do."
Smart money is also now being laid on a Labor victory.
In light of the lack of significant poll bounce from Howard's election cash giveaway, the question has to be asked - is Australia no longer listening to the Prime Minister?
Have we all been asked to swallow one Coalition political lie too many and have therefore grown distrusting or resentful?
Or is it that we are simply seeking change for change sake?
I'm sure that Howard & Co. are attempting to comfort themselves with the latter explanation, but I suspect that many Australians are uncomfortable with the increasingly rigid, right-wing Australia that eleven years of John Howard has produced and are quietly wishing the man away.
The latest from Possum Polytics:
The Australian full article:
Where voters are putting their hard cash:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/federalelection2007news/smart-money-on-labor-as-words-say-more-than-polls/2007/10/27/1192941402683.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
http://www.theage.com.au/news/federalelection2007news/smart-money-on-labor-as-words-say-more-than-polls/2007/10/27/1192941402683.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
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