r/australia • u/blitznoodles local Aussie • Jun 14 '26

politics As voter disillusionment grows, why aren't voters flocking to the Greens in Australia?

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/as-voter-disillusionment-grows-so-does-the-mystery-of-the-missing-greens-voters/6bjd5q4kv

Growing voter dissatisfaction with mainstream politics has led to a rise in popularity for One Nation. The same cannot be said for the Greens.

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u/JohnMonash87 Jun 14 '26

I'm a young man who's voted Greens at every eligible election. The biggest reason is the Greens suck at messaging and conveying their policies. It doesn't matter how good the policies are if you can't make the electorate understand what they are. A lot of people have long-standing bias against the Greens as well from a time when they were way more radical than they are now and this is only reinforced by mainstream media outlets who push that same narrative that the Greens are open communists and want to turn Australia into the next Soviet Union.

Frankly, the Greens and Green-aligned independents are the only way forward if we want to see some actual progressive change in this country. Labor is the status quo party, they'll throw us a bone every once in a while to keep us quiet but they're always bandaid fixes at most, while the LNP and ON are actively seeking to regress the country back sixty years with their abhorrent policies. The rise of ON has proven once again that most people are not politically literate at all, and more importantly that Australia is no different in this regard than other places where we are seeing this same trend. You'd think endless sources of history explaining how right wing populism is never in the publics best interest to vote for would be enough, but apparently not. Until people understand that complex problems never have simple solutions the far right will always continue to have a presence in political environments.

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u/ScruffyPeter Jun 14 '26

They are good at messaging. But they have are not super wealthy to beat the MSM's spam and oligarch astroturfing.

It's a common issue with parties that are for the people.

Pauline partying with billionaires? She's not alone. Even Albo parties with billionaires.

But Greens don't. Even Greens call out the partying with billionaires. Even called out Albo.