ANALYSIS: Who voted for David Pocock, and what does this mean for the Canberra Liberals' future?
While Senator Pocock's party had significantly fewer first-preference votes than the Liberals , his victory was a fait accompli.
Collectively, Labor's two candidates had more votes than the quota required for election in the ACT, which is one third of all votes plus one . Mr Seselja's vote also dropped to a record low. And, as expected, only a trickle of preferences from minor parties went to the Liberals.The difference this time was that other challengers — the Greens' Tjanara Goreng Goreng and independent Kim Rubinstein — also polled well..ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr and Canberra MP Alicia Payne campaigning with Katy Gallagher. David Pocock was popular among Labor voters.
Similarly, Professor Rubinstein — who, like Senator Pocock, had the support of the Climate 200 advocacy group — was of almost no interest to conservative voters.
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