Pauline Hanson And One Nation's Monumental Fail In The WA Election
The 'voice of the people' failed to read the mood of the people.
13/03/2017 10:27 AM AEDT | Updated 13/03/2017 11:22 AM AEDT
Josh Butler Associate Editor, HuffPost Australia
Fairfax Media Pauline Hanson and One Nation had a disappointing weekend.
Has One Nation's unstoppable, Hanson-fuelled locomotive come off the rails already?
Saturday's state election in Western Australia was meant to be a showcase for the far-right party, proof that their message was resonating on a truly national level, that the party was about more than its fiery and fiery-haired leader Pauline, a launchpad for the so-called "voice of the people" to begin its state-by-state takeover of the entire country.
Instead, far from the predicted 13 percent of the vote, One Nation picked up less than five. The party will not win a single seat in the lower house, and while they are seemingly on track to win a handful in the upper house, it is a far cry from the domination spruiked by One Nation and supporters in recent weeks.
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