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Re: News poll has Libs only 6 points behind the ALP, no wonder Rudd did another backflip on climate change, now supports Howard

#370
From: Little Johnny Howard
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:09
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Commie deadbeat Fran wrote:
> On Oct 30, 5:41 pm, tim <t...@nospam.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:01:06 GMT, steve@[127.0.0.1] (Stephen  X.
> >
> > Carter) wrote:
> > >On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:59:55 GMT, tim <t...@nospam.com> wrote:
> >
> > >>News poll has Libs only 6 points behind the ALP,
> >
> > >Um, er..... 8 actually.
> >
> > ABC news has it at 6 points.
> > Still if you are right and its 8 points then its still better than the
> > previous week when it was 16 points down when it was 58 to 42 on two
> > party preferred.
> >
> > No wonder Rudd is saying me too again:)
>
> You're confusing 2PP and primaries, which partly explains your faulty
> answer above.
>
> Primaries is the percentage of people who put "1" next to the party of
> their choice. (That's why when you add up the major party primaries it
> doesn't reach 100%).
>
> 2PP is about effective preferences, and does add up to 100%
>
> Primaries ALP 48
> Coalition 42 (-6)
>
> 2PP (54-46) - 8 (Newspoll)

Like you'd know, Flan. You don't even vote.
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From: Little Johnny Howard <pmjwhoward@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: News poll has Libs only 6 points behind the ALP, no wonder Rudd did another backflip on climate change, now supports Howard
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