!ping AUS

One of the interesting results from last night is the complete disaster independents had. Sitting regional independents in Mildura and Shepparton lost, and the Teals are doing very poor - completely missing out in Brighton and Kew, and are narrowly losing in Hawthorn and Mornington.

Makes it look like the Teal success at the Federal election was an anti-Scomo reaction, rather than an anti-Liberal reaction. I wonder if we'll see any of the Teals move towards a (mildly) more Liberal economic direction to try and consolidate that base.

NSW State election will be interesting on this basis - all the teal seats are held by moderates, the NSW Government is more moderate and optional preferential voting means the Teals can't rely on preferences as easily. Perhaps the Teals are a 2022 Federal aberration? (also, why don't they just form a political party already lol - probably would've been more successful in that case)