This poll says no one can win the next state election. Someone has to |
This poll says no one can win the next state election. Someone has to
February 18, 2026 — 5:00am
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The kindest thing that can be said about the electoral prospects of Labor and the Liberals in Victoria is that, come November this year, one of these turkeys has to win.
It is just difficult to see, on the results of the latest Resolve survey conducted over the past two months, how either of them can.
Political orthodoxy, electoral history and common sense says the Australian Labor Party cannot secure a lower house majority with just 28 per cent of the primary vote. Throughout the long and storied history of the party, including its most difficult periods, it has never recorded such a paltry vote at a Victorian election.
On the rare occasions where Labor’s stocks have fallen so low elsewhere – think Anna Bligh’s thumping loss to........