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LIVE THREAD: Australian Federal Election Count as it happens
21st August 2010

Posted on 08/21/2010 12:49:31 AM PDT by naturalman1975

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1 posted on 08/21/2010 12:49:37 AM PDT by naturalman1975
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Approximately 17 minutes until polls close on the east coast.


2 posted on 08/21/2010 12:50:38 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: FreeStateYank; Brytani

PING!


3 posted on 08/21/2010 12:51:46 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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4 posted on 08/21/2010 12:53:50 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Chump Obama promised "Change" and we got chump change.)
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Watching lawnbowls... waiting for election coverage to start.


6 posted on 08/21/2010 1:02:26 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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Sadly I think that Labor will get back in. I would dearly love for Labor to get a thumping.

I did a postal vote a week ago. Being in Canberra my vote won't make much of a difference (for my American brethren Canberra is the national capital and like Washington DC, a lefty stronghold full of government drones).

7 posted on 08/21/2010 1:06:06 AM PDT by Dundee (They gave up all their tomorrows for our today's.)
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To: naturalman1975

Polls have closed in the east. Counting has begun.


8 posted on 08/21/2010 1:07:14 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: Dundee

I think the odds are in their favour. But at least we look like we have some chance.


9 posted on 08/21/2010 1:08:48 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975

when an exit poll is that close, it can easily switch, the margin of error is what?


10 posted on 08/21/2010 1:10:55 AM PDT by sunmars
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To: naturalman1975

Stephen Smith - Labor Minister says he doesn’t know who will win. At the last election he was confident at this stage.


11 posted on 08/21/2010 1:11:24 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: sunmars

+/- 2% typically.


12 posted on 08/21/2010 1:12:03 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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Strange that the Liberal party would be conservative.

But that’s not surprising since the Green party is red.


13 posted on 08/21/2010 1:12:53 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (For the first time in half a century, there is no former KKK member in the US Senate.)
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To: Fresh Wind

When the Liberal Party was named, it meant something quite different.


14 posted on 08/21/2010 1:13:46 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975

I see that Labor is leading the exit poll 51-49. However, perhaps people are afraid to tell a stranger that they voted anti-communist.


15 posted on 08/21/2010 1:14:02 AM PDT by iowamark
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51-49, evenly, we’d win. The margins in the seats don’t quite match the overall national average.


16 posted on 08/21/2010 1:15:10 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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so with a +2-2 moe, it could easily be 49/51, the other way round. i’d love to see te smirk wiped off labours face.


17 posted on 08/21/2010 1:15:56 AM PDT by sunmars
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To: Fresh Wind; naturalman1975

Liberal at one time around the English speaking world meant a person or party that was in favor of freedom. Alas that meaning has been mostly lost.


18 posted on 08/21/2010 1:17:11 AM PDT by JLS (Democrats: People who won't even let you enjoy an unseasonably warm winter day.)
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To: sunmars

Analysts pointing out that a year ago, people were predicting we’d lose 30 seats and be out for another decade. Even if we don’t win, we’re in a much better position than anybody would have believed possible last year.


19 posted on 08/21/2010 1:17:44 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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ABC has cut to news broadcast as there are no numbers yet...


20 posted on 08/21/2010 1:19:23 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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