The NSW election

Today NSW is voting for their state government, and around the only suspense is how badly will Labor me mauled as it is booted out of office.

The lower house has 93 seats (of which Labor has 50) and upper house has 42 seats (of which Labor has 19). Only 21/42 upper house seats are up for grabs.

The final Newspoll before the election had the Coalition with 64% of the two party preferred vote, and Labor on 36%. Also the Opposition Leader has a 485 rating as Preferred Premier to the incumbent – American born Kristina Keneally.

Labor have held office for 16 years, so their poor polling is a mixture of longevity, scandals, unpopular policies and incompetence.

The bookmakers are only offering $1.01 for a Coalition win and $36 for a Labor win!

So the real sport will be just how many seats will Labor lose. They hold 50 and some projections have that they will lose over half of those – to 25 or less.