The Daylight Saving for South East Queensland party has made a strong showing in our QldVoice.org reader polls, currently holding 74% of the votes in our latest poll. It is unusual for a single-issue party to receive a lot of votes because when it comes down to election day and you’re standing in front of your ballot with pencil in hand it can be difficult to break with the status quo and vote for a fringe candidate.
I’m curious whether DS4SEQ really has the support across Queensland that our site poll suggests, or whether a large number of DS4SEQ candidates and campaign staff/volunteers are active online and happen to be voting in our polls which gives a skewed result.
Have your say in our comments below. Does DS4SEQ really have your vote? Tell us why, or why not! If you are a DS4SEQ candidate or campaign member please disclose that in your comment.
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Hello – guess we should comment!
We would suspect that the ’skew’ effect arises from three things, firstly we have put some effort into our on-line campaigning. Secondly the ‘on-line’ demographic is highly likely to be a DS4SEQ supporter. Finally, and maybe the underlying question that should really be asked is not so much why our vote is so high, but more why has the vote for the mainstream parties been so low?
Having said that, we are picking up many indications that our vote on Saturday will be higher than many are expecting for a newly formed one issue party, we are expecting to surprise a lot of people – maybe even ourselves!
Have a fun election day whichever way you vote !
Regards
DS4SEQ
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