Labor can win the election: Gillard Julia Gillard says she will prevail over negative talk of a Labor wipeout at the September election. PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has given a fiery defence of her chances at the September election, saying she believes Labor can win as the "white noise" of politics falls away. Ms Gillard was responding to News Ltd reports that Labor MPs were expecting a drubbing at the election, with one unnamed MP predicting a "bloodbath" with the loss of 35-40 seats. The prime minister admitted on ABC TV on Sunday it had been "politically tough" for the ALP and she had "done some tough things, some unpopular things." However, she said: "When people vote in September a lot of the white noise that is politics and has been in politics over the last few years will fall away. People will be there, in a polling place, with a ballot paper in front of them, and it will be a very clear choice: do I want me as prime minister, Julia Gillard, a majority Labor government, a focus on jobs and on the services my family needs, a clear plan for the future? Or do I want the leader of the Opposition, Mr Abbott, with his very clear plan for cutbacks? I believe we can win, because at the end of the day Australians are a smart people, the facts matter, the policies matter, and there we are with the right answers. Ms Gillard said it was her job to lead by example and inject a fighting spirit into her troops. "I'm doing it here and I'll do it every day," she said. We've got to get out and win this, and yes, we are not in a period where it is any time for the faint-hearted. The prime minister said she had faced negative commentary on the schools funding and disability care reforms, and on Australia's relationship with China, but she had prevailed. "I'm pretty used to the negative chit-chat, and I'm pretty used to prevailing against that negative chit-chat, and I'll do that again in September," she said.