Brojni Australci na izbore izašli u kupaćim kostimima, razlog je urnebesan

Jučerašnji izbori u Australiji obilježeni su, osim političkim pobjedama i porazima, i jednim dosta čudnim fenomenom.

Hrpa Australaca, njih na stotine, izašla je na izbore glasati u kupaćim gaćama i kostimima, iza čega se zapravo krije marketinška kampanja brenda Budgy Smuggler.

have your say, the Smuggling way! #smugglersdecide @anafoscatini really making her vote count ? https://t.co/YbLwJMe0kk pic.twitter.com/GJB2Tmicfy

— #BudgySmuggler (@BudgySmuggler) May 20, 2022

Naime, poznati proizvođač kupaćih kostima ponudio je besplatan par svakome ko se na glasačkom mjestu pojavi u opremi s njihovim logom i tu fotku objavi na društvenim mrežama uz hashtag #SmugglersDecide.

It’s gonna be an expensive Election Day at Budgy Smuggler. We expected maybe a few people would take up he offer to vote in smugglers for a free pair… we’re up to over 100 and it’s only 11am. You’re all lunatics but in a very good way. We’ll get the … https://t.co/9vLKWekXI5 pic.twitter.com/0xzSdogQCA

— #BudgySmuggler (@BudgySmuggler) May 21, 2022

Na svom su Instagramu pozvali glasače da “iskoriste svoje ustavno pravo da glasaju bez hlača”.

The lads exercising their constitutional right to vote without pants on #SmugglersDecide

Win a free pair of Smugglers by:

?Vote in Smugglers or Smugglettes
?Capture a photo similar to these
?Post to socials with #smugglersdecide by 3pm this Saturd… https://t.co/eVqz0SPRtW pic.twitter.com/tITSI0wlYS

— #BudgySmuggler (@BudgySmuggler) May 19, 2022

“Mislili smo da će to uraditi nekoliko ljudi, ali su to učinile stotine. Bit će ovo skup dan za Budgy Smuggler”, rekao je vlasnik Adam Linforth.

#SmugglersDecide – Vote in Smugglers for a Free Pair.

Fellow Australians,

The election is coming in hot and while we don't mind who you vote for, we do want you to exercise your constitutional right to vote without pants on.

To encourage this we'll gi… https://t.co/u4bey1w3g0 pic.twitter.com/7F04FEQ1Du

— #BudgySmuggler (@BudgySmuggler) May 18, 2022

Ovaj je uspjeh još veći ako se zna da je jučer u većem dijelu Australije bilo kišno i prohladno.