[lucas2]

I called this. Similar to how Trump won in 2016 - he focused on jobs and the economy and he won. The democrats focused on identity politics and lost. A lot of the people who like identity politics are the intersectional types with the loudest voices on social media. I told several friends that the "silent majority" care much more about having a job, supporting their families and putting food on their table than they care about climate change and pitting the classes against each other. Unfortunately for the ALP, Bill Shorten was not the right person for the job and had it have been Plibersek (not for gender reasons) they may have done better. However, none of them stand out as overly strong leaders to me.