[naturalman1975]

Australia goes to the polls in just over a month - the conservative (at least in broad terms - way too many moderates and centrists now) Liberal/National coalition government lead by Prime Minister Scott Morrison is, I am afraid, likely to lose office on all current polling data, to the opposition Labor Party lead by Bill Shorten.

It's not an impossible situation - but the conservative side of politics is definitely the underdog going into this election.

[dp0622]

Well, we have Brasil and Eastern Europe still.

I really hope Eastern Europe develops into some kind of economic and military strong point.

I just don’t know enough about those countries to hazard a guess.

[melsec]

If be runs a really good campaign he stands a chance. He has pegged back Labor recently. Shorten is still terrible to listen to. Lots of people concerned about his gender policies etc. Labor want to make it about the cost of living and will probably get a fair bit of traction on that. Its a toss up!

[CincyRichieRich]

So it’s not possible for conservative voters to hang up on pollsters like we do...and then get it wrong?

[Gay State Conservative]

I just checked the Sydney Morning Herald's story about the election.Somewhere there was mention of mandatory registration and voting...and if you don't you're fined $25.

The question that occurred to me is if you're allowed to cast a blank ballot.One would assume you are...it's hard to imagine how they'd track you down if it was illegal.

I shudder to think what would happen if registration and voting was mandatory in the US...I'm very glad that it's not.