This Is The Politician Aussie Radio Listeners Want To Be PM And Oh God No

The word “terrifying” springs to mind.

Edwina Carr Barraclough
WhimnMay 16, 201910:08am

Radio listeners would prefer Pauline Hanson to lead the country. Image: Getty.Source:Whimn

If you believe the popularity polls that predict who Australians would prefer to win Saturday’s federal election, Labor leader Bill Shorten and Prime Minister Scott Morrison have a fairly even chance of claiming victory.

However, when you bring other party leaders into the fray, you know, just for laughs, it turns out Australians have some interesting preferences.

In a survey of over 6,000 people, Southern Cross Austereo (the company that owns radio stations like Triple M and Hit Networks) found that Pauline Hanson is the top choice for prime minister. Well, top Australian option anyway - New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern was the true people’s choice.

Jacinda Arden for Australian PM? Why not. Source: Getty Images

Jacinda Arden for Australian PM? Why not. Source: Getty ImagesSource:Whimn

In fact, 18% of radio listeners rated the One Nation leader as the politician they’d most like to share a bevvy with. In response to the survey result, Hanson told Triple M it’s all down to her honesty.

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“Even if I’m doing my shopping, if people approach me I always take the time to speak to them. It may not be over a beer but everyone has the right to have a voice," she told the radio station.

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After Hanson came Morrison, followed by Shorten. Clive Palmer? Only five percent were willing to sit down for a no doubt very Queensland XXXX beer with him.

Drinks aside (although we might need a stiff one after digesting these stats), Australians have some other suggestions for who could run the country if Hanson was otherwise engaged.


Julie Bishop came in second place, followed by Australian businessman Dick Smith. Other Prime Minister potentials people voted for were Eddie Maguire and Hugh Jackman.

Julie Bishop's name was thrown into the ring. Image: Instagram/@juliebishopmp

Julie Bishop's name was thrown into the ring. Image: Instagram/@juliebishopmpSource:Whimn

Lowering political pay, tackling tax and health were cited as the issues those surveyed would take action on if they were prime minister for a day.

Or first thought upon reading these prime minister potentials? We’re kind of pleased our country operates on a permanent two-party system.

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