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Alleged writer and Crikey politics editor. These days mainly here for the greyhounds.

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crikey.com.au
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    Bernard Keane‏Verified account @BernardKeane Jul 15

    Bernard Keane Retweeted Dee Madigan

    and won it by a landslide. but apparently it's the rule at The Oz that a Labor polling lead must always be downplayed in favourite of meaningless personality polling.https://twitter.com/deemadigan/status/1018629364252983298 …

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    Dee MadiganVerified account @deemadigan
    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. And again and again. ‘Preferred PM’ is not a poll that matters. Tony Abbott never won ‘Preferred PM’ yet won the election.
    5:35 PM - 15 Jul 2018
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      2. Jason Whittaker‏Verified account @thetowncrier Jul 15
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        Except ... Abbott (and Gillard) being elected without the good faith of voters haunted their terms. In an era of quick political kills it makes you vulnerable from the start. I think it's a reasonable metric to consider. @deemadigan

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      3. Bernard Keane‏Verified account @BernardKeane Jul 15
        Replying to @thetowncrier @deemadigan

        how does winning 91 seats represent a lack of good faith of voters? Abbott was dumped because of the 2PP, not because of preferred PM.

        1 reply 6 retweets 8 likes
      4. Jason Whittaker‏Verified account @thetowncrier Jul 15
        Replying to @BernardKeane @deemadigan

        I'm not saying the NUMBER is damaging in itself, I'm saying leaders without popular support are clearly vulnerable. Making the metric somewhat telling.

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      5. jeff venables‏ @jgven71 Jul 15
        Replying to @thetowncrier @BernardKeane @deemadigan

        Nah, Rudd had one of the best Pref PM figures in decades and still got booted. Its all about the 2PP.

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      2. Ana Milosevic‏ @AnaMilosevic7 Jul 15
        Replying to @BernardKeane @vogrady2132

        “Preferred PM” Slogan is there to distract attention of the failure of that very PM to improve COALitions standing with Voters, obviously WE aren’t buying it! 👎🏻❗️👵🏻🤷‍♀️ #ausspol

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      3. Ana Milosevic‏ @AnaMilosevic7 Jul 15
        Replying to @AnaMilosevic7 @BernardKeane @vogrady2132

        * #auspol

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      1. Cheryl Kernot‏ @cheryl_kernot Jul 15
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        Pity so many other media outlets & journos at pressers repeat it.

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      2. Lord Rivers of Beer‏ @MarekRivers Jul 15
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        Only way to treat Murdoch crap media when they headline preferred PM over preferred polling is either to ignore & not retweet or tell them how happy we all are if they want to continue living in happy wonderland. The ones who are not neurotic will now be in a cold sweat #auspol

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      1. MacDaddy  🎸 🎶 🛳 🍷 ☘️ 👬 👭 🌈 🤷🏿‍♂️‏ @YossaGiggis Jul 16
        Replying to @BernardKeane @tassiedevil

        We vote for party policies, not the personality of leaders.

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      1. Reynard Foxx‏ @reynardvi Jul 16
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        a landslide would mean winning a majority in both houses. Abbott did not win by a landslide - nor did he have an unrestrained mandate. Both terms are over used.

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      1. Catching up‏ @fehowarth Jul 15
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        What were Beasley's figures? #auspol

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      1. Christopher J‏ @Christo69933840 Jul 15
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        Obviously the circumstances are different, Abbott was elected in spite of himself because Labor was perceived as being a 'circus ' despite actually passing a lot of good legislation.

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      1. Rick‏ @colonelhogans Jul 16
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        Amazing how Sky takes a poll...doesn’t give them the figures they like....ignore that...so Newspoll has Turnbull in front on preferred PM...which has no bearing on election out comes....but run that poll all day!!

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      1. Rip Van Winkle‏ @VasquezMcWong Jul 16
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        Feels like its not long to go till the obligatory news/fairfax instructions to the nation on how to vote.

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      1. E P Conrad‏ @altimetr Jul 16
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        I think they call this "The Shanahan Rule"

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      1. John Elliott‏ @JohnEll74738857 Jul 16
        Replying to @BernardKeane @pepeMcGee

        In retrospect: what a great mistake! John Elliott

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      1. GW47‏ @gw47_a Jul 16
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        I don’t believe Abbott won too many news polls either but managed to win the election, so aren’t all the polls meaningless. #auspol

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      1. David Parker‏ @mosesrock Jul 15
        Replying to @BernardKeane @deemadigan

        More worrying is that 51/49 is hardly a commanding lead.

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      1. ken‏ @coolrunning2009 Jul 15
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        Ah @deemadigan & @BernardKeane you have to remember that with a knife edge election (coming up) the personality of the leaders will play a significant part too. Question is what the margins in swing seats?

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