Six so-called teals (=Climate 200) candidates defeated sitting Liberals. Here are the first-preference numbers to date with around 80 percent plus or minus of votes counted.
Curtin (WA)
Celia Hammond (Lib) 42.4%
Kate Chaney (teal) 30.0%
Labor / Greens 22.1%
Goldstein (Vic)
Tim Wilson (Lib) 41%
Zoe Daniel (teal) 35.3%
Labor / Greens 17.7%
Kooyong (Vic)
Josh Frydenberg (Lib) 42.9%
Monique Ryan (teal) 41.5%
Labor / Greens 12.2%
Mackellar (NSW)
Jason Falinski (Lib) 41.9%
Sophie Scamps (teal) 38.8%
Labor / Greens 13.4%
N. Sydney (NSW)
Trent Zimmerman (Lib) 38.1%
Kylea Tink (teal) 25.9%
Labor / Greens 29.5%
Wentworth (NSW)
Dave Sharma (Lib) 41.1%
Allegra Spender (teal) 36.3%
Labor / Greens 18.2%
Two things to note. First, in each case the Libs scored more first-preference votes than their teal opponents. That’s good I suppose. But, second, the combined votes of the teals, Labor and the Greens well overwhelmed the Lib vote in each case. All told, there seems little hope that the Libs can come back; certainly, while climate change hysteria holds sway.
A taste of the future: teal-like Zali Steggall in Tony Abbott’s old seat of Warringah improved her position. From 43.5% of first preferences in 2019 to 45.2% this time around. The Lib vote declined from 39% to 34%.
It makes it so much harder for the Coalition to win back government when seven blue-ribbon Liberal seats are gone for the foreseeable future. Well-heeled people (women in particular by all accounts) in swanky suburbs leading the country down the road to fewer jobs and energy poverty. Not to worry, they’ll be fine.
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