Who are you supporting in the 2007 Australian Federal Election?

[Robespierre's Jaw]

Who are you supporting in the 2007 Australian Federal Election? Note: I'm only asking you to decide between the two major parties (the Liberals and Labor), both led by Prime Minister John Howard and Kevin Rudd respectively.

[Hash]

Rudd of course, though not too keen on support Labor directly (not much of a social dem) so I'd probably vote for the Democrats or Greens

[Frodo]

Rudd sounds like my type of Democrat. 




Sort of.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

How about "Not John Howard"?

[Hatman 🍁]

ALP

[Jake]

I'd probably vote for the Greens just to send a message that Howard needs to go, while not implicitly endorsing the ALP.

[MarkWarner08]

Time for change; Vote Rudd.

[ag]

Rudd. Actually, I'd vote Communist (if it were an option) before I'd vote Howard. Without Howard I'd probably be a reliable Lib, definitely so under Costello.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Howard needs to go.

Hopefully the Libs learn valuable lessons from this, and slide back towards the centre - be the party of Gorton, Menzies, Fraser and Hewson... not Howard and Abbott.

[Platypus]

I'll preference Rudd. In the last election my order was Costello-Latham-Howard, in this one its Rudd-Costello-Howard...but Costello would still be a huge improvement.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

ALP o/c

[Hash]

I'd probably vote for the Greens just to send a message that Howard needs to go, while not implicitly endorsing the ALP.

I agree.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

I'd probably vote for the Greens just to send a message that Howard needs to go, while not implicitly endorsing the ALP.

I agree.

My mother's in a similar situation - she'll probably vote Green - but usually that vote should end up with Labor in the end.

[minionofmidas]

Rudd. Actually, I'd vote Communist (if it were an option) before I'd vote Howard. Without Howard I'd probably be a reliable Lib, definitely so under Costello.

The Australian Commies broke with Moscow and developped into a quasi-proto-green party early.

[ag]

Rudd. Actually, I'd vote Communist (if it were an option) before I'd vote Howard. Without Howard I'd probably be a reliable Lib, definitely so under Costello.

The Australian Commies broke with Moscow and developped into a quasi-proto-green party early.

My point was that I'd even vote for the true Commies  over Howard (if they existed - I know, they don't). Other than One Nation, I'd put pretty much everything else down under above Howard - and, once again, ideologically I am a Lib, not a Lab.

[Democratic Hawk]

Given that I sit on the centre-left of the political spectrum, Rudd (ALP) [though I'd oppose any effort on Labor's part to abolish the monarchy]

Dave

[Robespierre's Jaw]

Howard needs to go.

Hopefully the Libs learn valuable lessons from this, and slide back towards the centre - be the party of Gorton, Menzies, Fraser and Hewson... not Howard and Abbott.

The Liberal Party was once a great party for moderates, until the mid 1990's when they turned to John Howard to lead them once again. And we all know John Howard won the 1996 Federal Election over the ALP because most Australians hated Prime Minister Paul Keating. I wonder had Andrew Peacock have stayed on in politics and regained the leadership how he would have went as Prime Minister.

[SPQR]

Anyone but Howard...

[merseysider]

I think Kevin Rudd will win, and win big. I have been following the campaign on the internet through sites like www.pollbludger.com and the websites of the main aussie newspapers and it reminds me very much of the 1997 General Election in Britain - a government that has been in power for ever and is seen as being one of the most formidable election-winning machines in the world, but which is tired, divided and well past its sell by date. Nobody can bring themselves to believe the opinion polls, but I guess they are probably right (like in 1997).

Another uncanny similarity was a Liberal minister quoted in one of the papers saying he's bemused because "there doesn't appear to be any hostility to us on the doorsteps". I remember Tory friends in 1997 saying exactly the same thing. What they didn't realise was that the electorate had long since decided that it was time for a change and didn't see the need to add insults to injury.

I am of course backing Rudd and the ALP.

I think in 2004 I would have stuck a peg on my nose and backed Howard - Mark Latham was a lunatic and there was no way I could have supported his anti-war / anti-American message. Some of us in the Labour Party actually took great heart from Howard's victory in 2004; it showed that, with the exception of a few middle class "liberal intelligentsia" constituencies, Iraq wasn't going to be that huge an issue at our election a few months later, despite the fulminating of the BBC, the Independent etc.