Poll: Political Inclination (Australia)

[J3bba]

The people who said sex party are just trolling, no one votes for the sex party. I'm not even sure why we still have it.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

Other. It depends on the issue. They all have too many pros and cons that it's impossible to say I lean towards one more than the other overall.

 

[Cry Wolf]

I really don't know why anyone wants to vote for the Liberal party. Doesn't anyone remember Work Choices? Do you really think they've ditched that idea? Maybe you don't want faster internet? Hell, perhaps you think investing money in infrastructre is a bad thing? Both Labor and Liberal suck, but Liberals care more about companies than people.

 

[Reginald]

Donkey voting for the win. Not that 1-2-3-4-5 crap, just scribble on the ballot.

I'm planning to draw an actual donkey on the ballot. I've been honing my donkey pencil skills all year.

 

[Shinsei-J]

Someone give me a quick rundown, which party is most likely to make things better around here, or which party is going to do the least damage? From what I've read so far it looks like we're all fucked either way.

Well, the Liberals are against fast internet, so if you like the internet, don't vote for them.

Tony Abbott is a lying bastard who will more than likely drive the country into the ground.

Labour or Greens would be my choice.

And we complained about John Howard.
At least he was a bit upfront about things.

I can't vote just yet but I do follow politcs. Just dont want my vote to be on a whim in a few years.
But right now I have to say Greens just 'cause if both mains are shit may as well give the environmentalist some bargarning chips.

We get a great variety of choice in Australian politics. Two varieties of sewage and a donkey vote.

I liked the way you fraised that friend.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

I vote for the Greens. And I sort of go for Labor as second, but recently it's becoming so much like the Liberals that it's not even a joke anymore. And what policies they do have are being watered down to the point of ineffectuality by the Liberals, who, true to their position, oppose everything that is done. Honestly I think we'd be a lot better off if I just had one day where I could have all the politicians in one room and shoot the ones I didn't approve of. Sadly that's not how democracy works.

 

[Antitonic]

The people who said sex party are just trolling, no one votes for the sex party.

My ballot paper would like a word with you.

 

[Supertegwyn]

Call me crazy but I kinda miss KRudd. I'm not sure but maybe it is because that out of the crap we're stuck with these days, he was much more palatable. Also, yeah Howard, they did do pretty well for us despite how many people he annoyed for whatever reason (yeesh, don't start my grand mother up on him!).

On the whole, I'm not a fan of any of the parties really. None of them seem to actually care for what I want so I don't really care for them. Usually I just go with 'the devil you know' type of approach, and I think I will probably vote labour again since Abbot kinda scares me.

Side note does anyone else think Gillard sounds... false... I mean, more so than other politicians... like literally, she sounds like some sort of computer generated recording.

Yeah Gillard is Welsh (like me ) but when she emigrated to Australia she decided to ditch the sexy Welsh accent and make some stupid sounding hybrid.

It's awful.

 

[Supertegwyn]

I vote for the Greens. And I sort of go for Labor as second, but recently it's becoming so much like the Liberals that it's not even a joke anymore. And what policies they do have are being watered down to the point of ineffectuality by the Liberals, who, true to their position, oppose everything that is done. Honestly I think we'd be a lot better off if I just had one day where I could have all the politicians in one room and shoot the ones I didn't approve of. Sadly that's not how democracy works.

Democracy would be way better if we could put a bullet in Tony Abbott's brain.

 

[not_you]

I'm Australian, yes...
But do I vote... technically; no...

it really doesn't affect me who runs the country... University student studying full-time, so, I'll worry about it when I get there...
In the meantime, I'll keep voting for Yoshi... pity she didn't win last election... -.-

 

[octafish]

Both major parties are pretty much the same, it is not like either one is going to royally screw us over any time soon, the Libs under Howard did set us up pretty well.

For the Senate my 1 goes to Nick Xenophon. The guy is a legend in SA. It sucks that he left State politics for Federal though.

Christopher Pyne is my local MP and although I don't like the guy I vote for him on the grounds that he is a senior Liberal member and it never hurts to have someone on the front bench as your rep.

Oh gods, Pyne? I'd move to another electorate, I mean Tony Abbot is a bull-headed mysoginist, but Pyne? He is just such a...shit.

I live in a safe Labor seat, I just wish we got some of those perks the marginal seats always get.

 

[Von Strimmer]

I vote for the Greens. And I sort of go for Labor as second, but recently it's becoming so much like the Liberals that it's not even a joke anymore. And what policies they do have are being watered down to the point of ineffectuality by the Liberals, who, true to their position, oppose everything that is done. Honestly I think we'd be a lot better off if I just had one day where I could have all the politicians in one room and shoot the ones I didn't approve of. Sadly that's not how democracy works.

Democracy would be way better if we could put a bullet in Tony Abbott's brain.

Dude you are coming across as an idiot right now. Just stop. Both parties are exactly the same, they just have a different way of employing their methods.

For example the carbon tax vs direct action. Gillard wants to tax big business and then install an ETS a few years down the road. The tax will last roughly 3 years and people get compensation for one year (and you have to have kids, and it is means tested). Direct action involves giving money to business to give them incentive to go green (stupid idea imo), it also involves planting an area the size of Germany with trees (which is more environmentally concsious than tax imo).

Gillard is a liar, nothing anyone says can refute that fact (though she is a lawyer, to be expected). Abbott just has a terrible case of foot in mouth and is sooking over losing the election.

Also you cant justify the Malaysia solution over Nauru.


Also the NBN is a massive joke at the moment, its costing billions of dollars and wont be done for 9 years. Whereas Tony's wi-fi idea got coverage to everyone (remember NBN doesnt cover populations of under a thousand people), it's just slower but just as effective.

Also what about Gillards backflip over poker reform? Her and Wilkie wanted to tax clubs and pubs and make a fixed allowance for pokie machines/ban them. Abbott wanted to introduce and provide counselling to help people through it. Is helping people or deciding for them a worse idea to you?

I could go on but the fact is: Dont listen to some random on the internet who clearly is misinformed and has an agenda. Do your own research and find which party best represents your interests and vote for them.

Edit: Also I have been a long standing liberal supporter. However I dislike the current liberal and labor parties, however I back the liberals because their policies suit my interests. Its your right to disagree and I invite you to argue your points. Because arguing is better than saying you want to shoot an MP in the head.

 

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

I'm sick of Labor and yet the alternative is a group with their minds and morals stuck in 1951. Honestly I'd probably vote Labor next Election if Rudd was leader, but that won't happen. However as much as we don't actually hear about policy these days, what we do know is that if Liberals get into power, they will scrap the NBN. So basically I will watch Australia burn before I watch them in office.

 

[sb666]

I support Labor and I hate conservatives. If Tony Abbot wins the next election I'm moving to some other country that man is batshit insane and an idiot.

 

[Supertegwyn]

I vote for the Greens. And I sort of go for Labor as second, but recently it's becoming so much like the Liberals that it's not even a joke anymore. And what policies they do have are being watered down to the point of ineffectuality by the Liberals, who, true to their position, oppose everything that is done. Honestly I think we'd be a lot better off if I just had one day where I could have all the politicians in one room and shoot the ones I didn't approve of. Sadly that's not how democracy works.

Democracy would be way better if we could put a bullet in Tony Abbott's brain.

Dude you are coming across as an idiot right now. Just stop. Both parties are exactly the same, they just have a different way of employing their methods.

For example the carbon tax vs direct action. Gillard wants to tax big business and then install an ETS a few years down the road. The tax will last roughly 3 years and people get compensation for one year (and you have to have kids, and it is means tested). Direct action involves giving money to business to give them incentive to go green (stupid idea imo), it also involves planting an area the size of Germany with trees (which is more environmentally concsious than tax imo).

Gillard is a liar, nothing anyone says can refute that fact (though she is a lawyer, to be expected). Abbott just has a terrible case of foot in mouth and is sooking over losing the election.

Also you cant justify the Malaysia solution over Nauru.


Also the NBN is a massive joke at the moment, its costing billions of dollars and wont be done for 9 years. Whereas Tony's wi-fi idea got coverage to everyone (remember NBN doesnt cover populations of under a thousand people), it's just slower but just as effective.

Also what about Gillards backflip over poker reform? Her and Wilkie wanted to tax clubs and pubs and make a fixed allowance for pokie machines/ban them. Abbott wanted to introduce and provide counselling to help people through it. Is helping people or deciding for them a worse idea to you?

I could go on but the fact is: Dont listen to some random on the internet who clearly is misinformed and has an agenda. Do your own research and find which party best represents your interests and vote for them.

Edit: Also I have been a long standing liberal supporter. However I dislike the current liberal and labor parties, however I back the liberals because their policies suit my interests. Its your right to disagree and I invite you to argue your points. Because arguing is better than saying you want to shoot an MP in the head.

My comment was what we call a joke.

I heavily dislike Tony Abbott, but I don't want him dead.
Removed from Parliament? Yes.
Dead? No.

 

[Von Strimmer]

I vote for the Greens. And I sort of go for Labor as second, but recently it's becoming so much like the Liberals that it's not even a joke anymore. And what policies they do have are being watered down to the point of ineffectuality by the Liberals, who, true to their position, oppose everything that is done. Honestly I think we'd be a lot better off if I just had one day where I could have all the politicians in one room and shoot the ones I didn't approve of. Sadly that's not how democracy works.

Democracy would be way better if we could put a bullet in Tony Abbott's brain.

Dude you are coming across as an idiot right now. Just stop. Both parties are exactly the same, they just have a different way of employing their methods.

For example the carbon tax vs direct action. Gillard wants to tax big business and then install an ETS a few years down the road. The tax will last roughly 3 years and people get compensation for one year (and you have to have kids, and it is means tested). Direct action involves giving money to business to give them incentive to go green (stupid idea imo), it also involves planting an area the size of Germany with trees (which is more environmentally concsious than tax imo).

Gillard is a liar, nothing anyone says can refute that fact (though she is a lawyer, to be expected). Abbott just has a terrible case of foot in mouth and is sooking over losing the election.

Also you cant justify the Malaysia solution over Nauru.


Also the NBN is a massive joke at the moment, its costing billions of dollars and wont be done for 9 years. Whereas Tony's wi-fi idea got coverage to everyone (remember NBN doesnt cover populations of under a thousand people), it's just slower but just as effective.

Also what about Gillards backflip over poker reform? Her and Wilkie wanted to tax clubs and pubs and make a fixed allowance for pokie machines/ban them. Abbott wanted to introduce and provide counselling to help people through it. Is helping people or deciding for them a worse idea to you?

I could go on but the fact is: Dont listen to some random on the internet who clearly is misinformed and has an agenda. Do your own research and find which party best represents your interests and vote for them.

Edit: Also I have been a long standing liberal supporter. However I dislike the current liberal and labor parties, however I back the liberals because their policies suit my interests. Its your right to disagree and I invite you to argue your points. Because arguing is better than saying you want to shoot an MP in the head.

My comment was what we call a joke.

I heavily dislike Tony Abbott, but I don't want him dead.
Removed from Parliament? Yes.
Dead? No.

My apologies! It's hard to interperet emotion on the interwebs, especially when politics is involved and after reading some Reddit comments.

 

[Supertegwyn]

I vote for the Greens. And I sort of go for Labor as second, but recently it's becoming so much like the Liberals that it's not even a joke anymore. And what policies they do have are being watered down to the point of ineffectuality by the Liberals, who, true to their position, oppose everything that is done. Honestly I think we'd be a lot better off if I just had one day where I could have all the politicians in one room and shoot the ones I didn't approve of. Sadly that's not how democracy works.

Democracy would be way better if we could put a bullet in Tony Abbott's brain.

Dude you are coming across as an idiot right now. Just stop. Both parties are exactly the same, they just have a different way of employing their methods.

For example the carbon tax vs direct action. Gillard wants to tax big business and then install an ETS a few years down the road. The tax will last roughly 3 years and people get compensation for one year (and you have to have kids, and it is means tested). Direct action involves giving money to business to give them incentive to go green (stupid idea imo), it also involves planting an area the size of Germany with trees (which is more environmentally concsious than tax imo).

Gillard is a liar, nothing anyone says can refute that fact (though she is a lawyer, to be expected). Abbott just has a terrible case of foot in mouth and is sooking over losing the election.

Also you cant justify the Malaysia solution over Nauru.


Also the NBN is a massive joke at the moment, its costing billions of dollars and wont be done for 9 years. Whereas Tony's wi-fi idea got coverage to everyone (remember NBN doesnt cover populations of under a thousand people), it's just slower but just as effective.

Also what about Gillards backflip over poker reform? Her and Wilkie wanted to tax clubs and pubs and make a fixed allowance for pokie machines/ban them. Abbott wanted to introduce and provide counselling to help people through it. Is helping people or deciding for them a worse idea to you?

I could go on but the fact is: Dont listen to some random on the internet who clearly is misinformed and has an agenda. Do your own research and find which party best represents your interests and vote for them.

Edit: Also I have been a long standing liberal supporter. However I dislike the current liberal and labor parties, however I back the liberals because their policies suit my interests. Its your right to disagree and I invite you to argue your points. Because arguing is better than saying you want to shoot an MP in the head.

My comment was what we call a joke.

I heavily dislike Tony Abbott, but I don't want him dead.
Removed from Parliament? Yes.
Dead? No.

My apologies! It's hard to interperet emotion on the interwebs, especially when politics is involved and after reading some Reddit comments.

That's all right, I've raged at a few people myself who were just joking

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

I vote for the Greens. And I sort of go for Labor as second, but recently it's becoming so much like the Liberals that it's not even a joke anymore. And what policies they do have are being watered down to the point of ineffectuality by the Liberals, who, true to their position, oppose everything that is done. Honestly I think we'd be a lot better off if I just had one day where I could have all the politicians in one room and shoot the ones I didn't approve of. Sadly that's not how democracy works.

Democracy would be way better if we could put a bullet in Tony Abbott's brain.

Oh, he's top of the list, believe me. It just wouldn't be conceptually fair. People should be allowed to have an idiot ruin the country if they're stupid enough to vote for one. In theory.