Yes, but as you know, referendums to change the Constitution don't involve 'first past the post' voting, or simply an overall majority, but a number of other hoops that have to be jumped, a majority of people in a majority of States and Territories for example, which wasn't achieved in any of them.
Also, yes 45% did vote Yes last time, but it is also simplistic in my view to claim (as some republicans do,) that a huge chunk of those who voted No did so simply because they disagreed with the model put up. There were no formal surveys carried out which prove this assertion, though it's often averred by disappointed republicans. It ignores the fact too that many Australians just simply did not want a republic.
I return to the point in my post above. Would republicans be happy and satisfied if a huge constitutional change such as this hinged on a 51% yes, 49% no, result? It would scarcely be a ringing victory, would it, and may well leave a large aggrieved section of the population?
Also, yes 45% did vote Yes last time, but it is also simplistic in my view to claim (as some republicans do,) that a huge chunk of those who voted No did so simply because they disagreed with the model put up. There were no formal surveys carried out which prove this assertion, though it's often averred by disappointed republicans. It ignores the fact too that many Australians just simply did not want a republic.
I return to the point in my post above. Would republicans be happy and satisfied if a huge constitutional change such as this hinged on a 51% yes, 49% no, result? It would scarcely be a ringing victory, would it, and may well leave a large aggrieved section of the population?
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