One of the issues with the polls is that the two-party preferred basis doesn't allow for people who won't vote for either of the major parties, either because they think they're both terrible, or they consciously wish to vote for someone else. I remember being polled and just alternating between Labor and Liberal for the questions, because they weren't giving me the choice I would have had at the polling booth.

Also, it really feels like this time around, we're being asked to look at Abbott and Rudd almost in terms of a presidency. What with the debates, and all. It's irritating, and it certainly puts me off both of them. Which is annoying, and worrying, because I don't want the Libs to get in, but Labor has said it won't take preferences from the Greens, right? It leaves me in a pickle.