Julia Gillard is in The Lodge today because of Victoria Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. JULIA Gillard is in The Lodge today because of the Big V. The switch from Kevin Rudd to the woman from working-class Altona changed the result in four Victorian seats at the 2010 election. When every single vote counted, it was enough to get Gillard to the negotiating table with the independents and Greens. Victoria was the only state where Labor won seats, picking up La Trobe and McEwen from the Coalition.. Gillard faces election wipeout And Deakin and Corangamite had been marked down as gone until Gillard showed up. Labor shamelessly promoted her as "one of us" standing on the sacred MCG turf and urged voters to back the Big V. For most of the past three years while Queensland, NSW and Western Australia have been toxic for Gillard, Victoria has been an oasis. It hasn't dried up but today's JWS Research/Herald Sun poll shows it is no longer a salvation. The anger in western Sydney against Gillard and Labor's bungling has spread to Melbourne's southeastern suburbs. The seat of Isaacs which has been Labor for the past 17 years - including the entire 12 years of the Howard Government - is set to fall. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus holds it by what would be considered a safe 10.4 per cent. But the mood in the seat as measured by the poll and reinforced by interviews with voters yesterday, show a Cabinet minister facing a 15 per cent drubbing. Voters in Isaacs don't like Gillard and easily prefer Tony Abbott as PM. In a reverse of the last election, the poll shows returning to Kevin Rudd would help Labor. In the outer metro seats, cost of living concerns about electricity, petrol and child care are biting much harder than in seats closer to the City. But nothing is clear-cut. Chisholm is twice as vulnerable as Isaacs on the pendulum but Anna Burke's strong personal following over 15 years - and the profile of being Speaker - shows she is withstanding the Liberal blitz thrown at her. Dreyfus should ask her how it's done. And, while most polls show the PM is more disliked than liked, this one reveals a pocket of love for her in Melbourne Ports. But it's far from the same cheering across the state she enjoyed three years ago. Have your say at the bottom of this story