What does spending tens of millions of dollars on advertising and bombarding people with unsolicited text messages get you? Nothing, if you’re Clive Palmer – at least in the House of Representatives.
Trumpet of Patriots, Palmer’s most recent political party, will not win a single lower house seat and, as of midday on Saturday, had only 1.85% of the national vote. Legalise Cannabis Australia, which spent just $6,200 on social media ads in the last 30 days and barely campaigned, has so far won 1.14% of the vote.
