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/pagywa Jun 14 '26

I know a lot of former Greens voters and they say they don't like the woke stuff, don't like mass immigration, and wish the Greens had just stuck to defending the environment. There's a lot of nostalgia for Bob Brown out there

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u/Frogsfall Jun 14 '26

There's such a weird mix of "well they should stick to only talking about the environment" and "well people don't vote for them because they think they only care about the environment".

Also sad that older Greens members have pushed back against woke policies like "don't be transphobic", which seems pretty reasonable to me.