Emma DavidsonMay 10

I've been going through the #Farrer by-election results for first prefs by polling place, and it's a useful way to find the small towns where I'd feel quite uncomfortable if I stopped for a visit. Which is a legit consideration given how often I'm in tiny towns in that electorate.

Places where 76.8% of voters chose One Nation are unlikely to feel safe to anyone who's LGBTIQA+ or environmentally conscious or isn't white or any number of other aspects of identity. This is a shame, I thought we were making progress in some of those towns.

I used to pick "town to stop at" based on the combo of EV charger + pie shop. Now it'll be calculated based on best pie shop from a subset of towns with a One Nation vote below 37%, and an EV charger. So you create the subset of low-ON vote towns first, then from that a subset of towns with EV chargers, then rank them by best to worst pie shop.

#auspol #FarrerVotes

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@emmadavidson The disappointment in this result is so heavy. It yanks me way back to the day after the Voice to Parliament referendum. Terrible.

People can be awful, but, even when I expect the worst, there is still The Best waiting too.

[wibblywobblkey screen VFX, Theremin audio]
Last month, we charged up at the Dunedoo Bowlo. Not expecting the worst, but I was, a bit, ready for ... ?something? Not sure.

Anyway. We met a lovely man, definitely a Nationals voter (I *am* being unfair and I am profiling, and that is notgood, yes). We chatted to him about the cost of diesel and the 30kL of it that he needs to seed in his crop and get it started.
30kL, $60k. No options other than 'leave it for a year and guarantee a loss'.
He gave us a view from his world, and we gave him the view from ours. Not ideological on either side.
Amazingly, to me at least, he ventured/agreed - Donald Trump is to blame for 'almost all' of it.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/1cNPQcGArfKKbReC6

[wibbly ... and we're back]

I am VERY sure conversations will kill One Nation.

Slowly perhaps, but as sure as sunrises it'll do in the fuckers, eventually.

#OneNation #Farrer #AupPol #Chat #Connections

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May 10 at 11:54pmWeb