The polls tightening earlier than expected. People know that the dries in the coalition wont protect workers as well as Labor will. Ordinary folk know how the Abbott led Tea Party types dont like Labor propping up the car and steel industries. If up to Abbotts dry front bench they would let the Australian car industry collapse as well as the steel industries.
Abbott detested by most could yet see the coalition lose what has been been thought to be an un-losable election. At the very least it appears that another hung parliament could be on the cards.