Buckingham said the party picked up its 3.5 to four per cent share of upper house votes from the left and the right of the political spectrum. “It’s got broad geographic and demographic support,” he said. “You’ve only got to look to America, where you’ve got [Bible belt] states like Missouri legalising cannabis.”The Liberal Democrats, a small-government, civil liberties party, had 3 per cent of the vote late on Monday. The Shooters are likely to scrape over the line for 20th spot.The last spot, the 21st, is expected to be a contest between the Coalition and the Animal Justice Party, but the fact that the other major parties did not
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