Labor appears unlikely to unseat the Newman government in Queensland but the result will still resonate in Canberra.
The standout federal factor in the campaign has been the absence of Prime Minister Tony Abbott on the hustings.
Mr Newman made it clear from the start he did not want the prime minister anywhere near the campaign, including the Liberal-National Party's launch.
The LNP has deliberately run its so-called "Operation Boring" strategy to keep its campaign to the core economic, local pork-barrelling and law and order staples familiar to all Australian voters.
In contrast, federal Labor leader Bill Shorten visited almost half the state's seats making the point on a daily basis that the prime minister was "hiding" from voters.
Mr Shorten also repeatedly linked state and national issues, such as access to health care, education and jobs.
The federal government's Medicare co-payment and university fee deregulation have been picked up by internal and public polling as influencing voter intentions.
Labor has also attempted to portray Mr Newman and Mr Abbott as "blood brothers" with similar ideologies.
"The key message for federal Labor was that a vote for Newman is an endorsement of Abbott's agenda," Griffith University's Anne Tiernan told AAP.
"The legacy of the federal budget's perceived unfairness lies under the surface."
Many Queensland voters thought the national and state economies would recover with a change of governments, she said.
But that has not proven to be the case especially in regions where unemployment has risen significantly especially for youth and low-skilled workers.
University of Queensland academic Lorann Downer, a former media unit director with the Bligh and Beattie Labor governments, believes while voters often distinguished between state and federal issues and elections there was evidence of an Abbott factor in this election.
"A few weeks ago a Galaxy poll showed one-in-three people were considering voting against Campbell Newman because of the Abbott government," she said.
Federal interventions in the campaign, such as LNP MP George Christensen's social media posting of a cartoon depicting a nude Labor leader Annastacia Palaszczuk on a wrecking ball, won't help the Newman government which already faces accusations of arrogance.
If Mr Newman loses his suburban Brisbane seat of Ashgrove, the search for his replacement as premier is likely to reignite festering tensions between the "old guard" Nationals and the Liberals within the LNP.
This could potentially spill over into the federal sphere, where the Nationals sit as a separate party to the Liberals but form a coalition government.
Sleeper issues like defence force pay could swing some voters in areas with a large military presence such as Townsville.
Large public service job cuts at a state and federal level will also be a factor.
Mr Abbott has said little about the election, apart from respecting Mr Newman's right to run his own campaign and offering a form of apology for the "distraction" caused by the knighthood issue in this final week of the campaign.
"He's got a strong team with a strong plan for a stronger Queensland and he wants to focus," Mr Abbott says.
In their favour, say the federal Liberals, are abolishing the carbon and mining taxes and big spending on the Bruce Highway and other major road projects, which they claim are at risk under Labor.
Queensland voters were central to the coalition's 2013 federal election win and the state has been a strong source of political funding for the LNP.
Eight frontbenchers hail from the Sunshine State and backbenchers such as Mal Brough are influential within the party.
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