Prominent columnist Peter FitzSimons has explained why he believes Scott Morrison still has a chance of remaining prime minister, as polls show an increasingly tight election race in the final days of the campaign.
FitzSimons’ views were revealed when he responded to a tweet claiming the latest Resolve poll for Nine-Fairfax newspapers was biased as it showed the Liberal Party making up ground against the Labor Party.
The columnist said that although the polls vary, he is sure that the electoral race has “tightened considerably” in recent days.
The former Wallaby claimed Morrison’s rebranding in recent days saw him reposition himself as the “champion” of the recent trials the nation had experienced over the past three years.
Peter FitzSimons (R) has told everyone why he believes the coalition has a chance of securing another term on Saturday.
FitzSimons asked Twitter users if they also thought the race had tightened during the week.
When asked by a supporter why the polls would be adjusted at the end of the election campaign, FitzSimons said Morrison had managed to divert voters’ attention from his mishandling of a number of issues.
“Because in these last crucial days, the Prime Minister has managed to divert the entire conversation from the overwhelming need for a federal ICAC, travel to Hawaii, flooding, the Covid response, vaccination and home ownership, with him in a position as their champion,” he argued.
FitzSimons claimed the Prime Minister had repositioned himself as the “champion” of recent years despite claims he had mishandled important issues.
FitzSimons’ claims echoed the angle taken by Tracy Grimshaw in her questioning of the Prime Minister after Morrison claimed to have saved the country.
The A Current Affair host gave a scathing assessment of Morrison’s prime ministership when she brutally listed all his key mistakes during an interview on Tuesday night.
“You said on Sunday you saved the country, (but) you didn’t hold a hose (during the bushfires), you weren’t at your tiny job pulling people off rooftops (during the floods in New South Wales and Queensland) and “You didn’t do 16-hour days with PPE in the Covid-19 wards,” he fumed.
A furious Tracy Grimshaw (pictured) told the Prime Minister he had not saved the country as he claimed to have, listing a series of blunders during his tenure.
The A Current Affair host asked the Prime Minister (pictured): “Do you think maybe you went a little overboard on the saving the country part?”
‘You didn’t have enough vaccines, you didn’t have enough RAT tests so that we could finally have a festive interstate for Christmas and China, based in the Solomon Islands… do you think you might have gone a little overboard?’ Have you incited the saving the country part?
But the last Solve Political Monitor The poll shows the prime minister’s latest rebrand may be working to sway some voters, a week after he promised to change his style and admitted to being “a bit of a bulldozer” as leader.
The poll shows Labor trailing the LNP in first preferences as polling day approaches.
Morrison (pictured) has promised to change his “bulldozer” style in a major concession at the end of the campaign.
Morrison leads the poll as preferred prime minister, with 40 per cent of respondents thinking he would be better off in the top job. Anthony Albanese was preferred by 36 percent of respondents, while 24 percent were still undecided.
The survey also showed that the Coalition’s relentless political advertising targeting Labour’s economic management may be working, with 40 per cent thinking the Coalition would do better on economic management.
The survey also revealed that 86 percent had committed to deciding who they would vote for, and the rest had not yet made a decision before Saturday’s final vote.
The Guardian finale Essential survey It also shows that the race is closing down the stretch, with the ALP leading among voters in the inner city and large regional cities, but the Coalition preferred by voters in the suburbs and rural areas.