 None of the anti-Communists, aside from Stan Keon, openly censured Evatt's stance.Evatt campaigned well in the 1954 election and came within four seats of defeating the Menzies government.The Labor Party actually achieved a higher two-party-preferred vote in the election than the governing Liberal-Country Coalition, but the uneven distribution of votes meant that the Coalition retained more seats and were able to hold onto government.