The Reason for One Nation Rise
The Reason for One Nation Rise " A moral compass and Strong Work Ethic
Analysis by The Australian of polling booths that returned a strong vote for One Nation at last year’s federal election suggests a strong correlation between wage stagnation and support for Hanson’s party.
But, she says, her supporters are not the type to tolerate “welfare bludgers”.
“Right across the board, not only in welfare, I see a big waste of money, and we actually have to rein it back in,” she said. “I’m sorry, I can’t please everyone, and not everyone’s going to agree with me, but I have to make decisions I believe are right for this country and future generations.”
One Nation is not a revolt of the toothless, tattooed and white: the “deplorables”. This is bigger than class.
Roberts says many of the party’s supporters are “sick of the Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra axis”. But this is bigger than geography.
Roberts also says: “Tradies are big supporters.” And this is bigger than a private enterprise mindset.
Antony Green, the ABC’s election analyst, says: “There’s an underlying issue of … values that is not related to class. One Nation support taps into that divide.”
Roberts believes that he knows what those values are: “A moral compass and a strong work ethic.”
This is closer to the mark than class and geography and the employment contract. It shouts — old Labor and conservative Liberal/Nationals — conservative values.
In net terms, One Nation is picking up well-educated conservatives in Liberal seats, less well-educated Liberals and Labor voters in Labor seats, and all three in Nationals seats.
If the Greens are a phenomenon of a split on the Left side of politics, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation is a phenomenon of the split on the Right side of politics.
There is, of course, more than One Nation in the new political marketplace.
Catherine Hanrahan’s (ABC) analysis suggests that the One Nation vote is higher in areas with more Australian-born voters, higher in disadvantaged suburbs, higher in areas where fewer voters are tertiary-educated, with a weak negative correlation between the number of votes for One Nation and the local Muslim population. I think the latter is nothing more than a co-variation of the earlier measure, Australian-born vote.
Nevertheless, some Muslims are clear about One Nation; seven Perth-based imams are instructing their flock to vote Green in the Legislative Council at the WA election next month. The Greens are running a Muslim convert.
Gary Johns Australian 28/02/2017
Gary Johns was a cabinet member in the Keating Government
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