.Peter_Fitz: Federal brand a key reason for Berejiklian's near-death experience nswelection19
Most elections deliver answers to key questions, starting with: who's in charge now?
Obviously, the key reason the state government struggled so badly is it bears the same "Liberal National Party" brand as the incumbent federal government, which is held in such low esteem by such a broad swath of the population that some points will have been lost to people who just want to bash a LNP member, and any LNP member will do, even if they're only a state member.
In the intermediate future, the Liberal Party will, I suspect, look sideways at Premier Berejiklian and work out the chances of a premier who fell across the line this time, managing to win again next time. The likely conclusion is that she is unlikely to – and my pound to your peanut says that the leadership merry-go-round that has featured as the main attraction at the Liberal Party’s federal showground will be making a visit to Macquarie Street in the next two or three years.
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