American conservatives can take note and take heart.

Americans rarely follow other countries’ elections, but conservatives should pay attention to the referendum Australia held Saturday. It not only shows that woke politics can be defeated; it’s the biggest example of the global class divide since Brexit.

Australians were voting on a proposed constitutional amendment to provide a “voice” to Parliament for the nation’s indigenous population. The measure was opposed by the country’s conservative parties and backed by the governing Labor Party and their Green Party allies.

All the usual dynamics one sees in woke politics were at play: Establishment media, big business, and most academics lined up to back the initiative while opponents did what they could with what little they had. Proponents thought they had it in the bag, as polling showed “yes” ahead by 2– or 3–1 margins last summer when the prime minister first released draft wording.

Instead, Australians crushed the establishment soundly.