Rudd fails to rally voters in his home state
Well, how harsh should I be? It's not as if I supported a return of Kevin Rudd, and I have puzzled many, many times over why he was ever popular in Queensland. The State is not exactly renowned for supporting urban quasi-intellectuals. Did they think his "folkiness" was genuine?
Anyhow, after first encouraging Labor's party machine that Kevin was going to do well in Queensland, people polled here have decided they don't like him much after all.
What's more, they are apparently looking at voting in fairly significant numbers for Clive Palmer's nutty rich man act, and he seems to have taken over the "Eccentric Politician We'll Vote For Because We Don't Like Politicians" role from Bob Katter.
If they collectively have 15% of the vote, their preferences are going to be pretty important, and the article claims that more of those voters claim they will preference Labor. Especially those voting for Clive Palmer.
This is all very peculiar. But the State that continued voting for Joh endlessly has always been a bit of a political mystery.
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