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Even Indigenous support for Voice may be failing

Despite their deep familiarity with racial injustice, prominent Indigenous electorates oppose the Voice to parliament, new polling says.

Aaron Patrick
Aaron PatrickSenior correspondent

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Now that rejection of the Indigenous constitutional recognition referendum seems certain, it is worth considering a question that would have seemed improbable six months ago: might the biggest Aboriginal electorates vote No?

Polling by London-based Focaldata, which correctly predicted the Tory victory in the 2019 British election, has the No vote ahead in the five federal electorates with the largest Indigenous populations as a proportion of voters.

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Aaron Patrick is the senior correspondent. He writes about politics and business from the Sydney newsroom. Email Aaron at apatrick@afr.com

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