LDP & the ACT Senate

It looks like the LDP may be king-makers in the close race between Gary Humphries (Liberals) and Kerry Tucker (Greens) for the 2nd spot in the ACT Senate.

Candidates need 33.4% to be elected to the Senate from the ACT. The first position will easily go to the ALP who are polling over 45%. From there it will all come down to preferences. All of the other minor parties (What Women Want, Climate Change Coalition, Democrats, Nuclear Disarmament Party) and the ALP are preferencing the Greens, which gives them a good chance of winning.

Only the Liberty & Democracy Party (LDP) are preferencing away from the Greens.

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6 Responses to “LDP & the ACT Senate”

  1. Anon Says:
    November 5, 2007 at 4:44 pm | Reply

    And you think your fifteen votes will somehow make all the difference?

  2. Mark Hill Says:
    November 5, 2007 at 5:30 pm | Reply

    The LDP polled about 1.3% in the last ACT legislative assembly election…

  3. Shem Bennett Says:
    November 5, 2007 at 6:23 pm | Reply

    http://www.elections.act.gov.au/ResSum04.html

    To be precise, we received 2666 votes or 1.3%.

    It may make a difference. Liberal decided to preference the Greens, however, so if the final two candidates are 2nd Labor and the Greens, the Greens will win. It is also possible (though unlikely with those preference flows) that the Greens will be eliminated before 2nd Labor. In which case the results would be very interesting. We’d be helping the 2nd Labor up over Liberal if that were the case.

    I wonder if that was intentional?

  4. Mikel Says:
    November 6, 2007 at 11:08 am | Reply

    There’s no Family First candidate for the ACT. The LDP will be the only free market option.

  5. Shem Bennett Says:
    November 10, 2007 at 7:48 pm | Reply

    “The poll of 800 voters in the Sunday Telegraph shows Mr Turnbull leading Labor’s candidate George Newhouse by eight points on primary votes.

    But after preferences, the two parties are locked at 50 per cent each.”

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/10/2087354.htm?site=elections/federal/2007

    Looks like we might end up King-makers in Wentworth, too.

  6. Nick Michelewicz Says:
    November 17, 2007 at 4:30 am | Reply

    To be honest, I’m not 100% familiar with Australian election proceedures. As I understand it you have a parliamentary system.

    I know that the Libertarian Party in the USA, frequently decides elections with 1-3% of the vote.

    Considering how young your party is, I have to say that the website and organization are impressive. Keep it up, and you may find that the LDP may have a role in government in the future.

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