Obligatory pre-election post
Nov. 20th, 2007 06:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xenith4 sleeps to election day.
I found the positioning of these posters amusing but it doesn't photograph to well (loses the effect). Regular readers might recognise the site, now with the windows boarded up, pending the start of a new development.
Ferguson has been campaigning well. Very visual, a lot of letterboxing (I get something every couple of days, including a letter from his wife last week), and a strong emphasis on local issues.
Campbell I haven't noticed at all, except for the posters, although they showed her doorknocking on TV once so I guess she's concentrating different parts of the city. She did get charged with driving an unregistered vehicle last month. Any publicity...?
There's a couple of Family First posters in there. A "family values" party.
The green candidate (this is onr, apparently, and his name might be Martin, but I could be wrong) is conspicuous by his absence. A lot of advertising for the Senate candidates (Bob Brown & Andrew Wilkie) but none for the House of Reps.
(Quick election explanation: country is divided into electorates, with approximately the same number of voters in each. The party that wins the most electorates (seats) goes to the Gov General and says "Hey, we want to form a government." Simple.
To give an idea, there are 5 electorates in Tas: Denison (Hobart), Franklin (around Hobart), Bass (Launceston & NE), Braddon (main population area of north-west coast) & Lyons (everything else). This was obviously decided on by someone in an office a long way away. Braddon & Bass are both marginal seats, meaning the Liberals hold them, but not by much.
The Senate, of course, is the Upper House that approves legislation. They're elected for each state. Currently the Libs have control of the Senate, but there's a possibility is the Green pick up an extra seat, they could get control, which would be interesting.)
Based on recent campaigning, I won't be at all surprised if Ferguson gets back in.
I found the positioning of these posters amusing but it doesn't photograph to well (loses the effect). Regular readers might recognise the site, now with the windows boarded up, pending the start of a new development.
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Ferguson has been campaigning well. Very visual, a lot of letterboxing (I get something every couple of days, including a letter from his wife last week), and a strong emphasis on local issues.
Campbell I haven't noticed at all, except for the posters, although they showed her doorknocking on TV once so I guess she's concentrating different parts of the city. She did get charged with driving an unregistered vehicle last month. Any publicity...?
There's a couple of Family First posters in there. A "family values" party.
The green candidate (this is onr, apparently, and his name might be Martin, but I could be wrong) is conspicuous by his absence. A lot of advertising for the Senate candidates (Bob Brown & Andrew Wilkie) but none for the House of Reps.
(Quick election explanation: country is divided into electorates, with approximately the same number of voters in each. The party that wins the most electorates (seats) goes to the Gov General and says "Hey, we want to form a government." Simple.
To give an idea, there are 5 electorates in Tas: Denison (Hobart), Franklin (around Hobart), Bass (Launceston & NE), Braddon (main population area of north-west coast) & Lyons (everything else). This was obviously decided on by someone in an office a long way away. Braddon & Bass are both marginal seats, meaning the Liberals hold them, but not by much.
The Senate, of course, is the Upper House that approves legislation. They're elected for each state. Currently the Libs have control of the Senate, but there's a possibility is the Green pick up an extra seat, they could get control, which would be interesting.)
Based on recent campaigning, I won't be at all surprised if Ferguson gets back in.
