More similar to yours than one could possibly imagine.
A centre-left incumbent that seemed on track to lose, as of February.
Thanks in part to Trump, the incumbent saw huge swings towards them in the polls during the campaign.
So much so that their conservative opposition lost his own seat.
The unfortunate harm done to a real left-wing party as a by-product (in your case it was because of FPTP and strategic voting. In ours it seems likely to be an unintuitive byproduct of how IRV works).
Your left-wing party lost his seat. We're still counting but it looks very possible that detail could be replicated here.
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More similar to yours than one could possibly imagine.
High five! We both done great!
Fucking love our Aussie brothers and sisters! You guys understood the assignment and you crushed it.
Next Aussie I run into over here gets drinks on me!