THE federal election was done and dusted relatively early on Saturday evening with Prime Minister Scott Morrison claiming the win and Queensland copping the blame for what the rest of the nation apparently saw as a disastrous result.
ScoMo's "how good is Queensland" addition to his victory speech would not have helped the vanquished and within hours, someone sharing a bit of angst online came up with the #Quexit idea to evict Queensland from the country.
Given the predictions leading up to voting day, the Liberal win was a surprise even for the staunchest conservatives watching the tally count as it happened.
When it became apparent that the coalition could not lose, it took an unusually brief period before the naysayers started expressing their shock and dismay on social media.
Some went so far as to suggest the vote was rigged, saying it was made possible by the provision of easily erasable pencils instead of pens at the polling booths.
Even after scrutineers who monitored the count pointed out that it would be impossible for anyone to alter ballot cards, there were still those who claimed it was the only explanation for the result.
It seems difficult to believe that if everyone really wanted rid of ScoMo he would have won the election.
And if most people across the nation voted for Scott Morrison, there were not many willing to admit it early in the piece on social media.
But there we have it, the government did get the most votes, even if some voters were convinced of their power to sack each and every party candidate simply by casting an intentionally informal vote, striking a line through all the names on the ballot paper and leaving a note for AEC staff in the margins.
Anyone who has been in a sporting team, band or cubby house gang will understand the meaning of majority rules.
But if your cubby house gang ever voted for something that went against everything you believed in, all you had to do was grab your footy and your fair share of last year's show bag lolly stash and resign from the gang.
Of course that is not how it works, so no matter how you feel about the outcome of the federal election in this wonderful democracy, we all have to live with it until next time.
