Opinion
Why Albo wins, and ScoMo loses, with women voters
Scott Morrison’s real problem is that the man he represents has fallen out of fashion.
Graham YoungContributorFifty years ago it was blokes in singlets who voted Labor governments in and women who voted them out. Now those blokes have bought 4×4 dual cab utes and become contractors, and it is professional women under 50 who are Labor’s bedrock voting bloc.
The trend has been on for a while, although it reversed slightly with Bill Shorten’s leadership, but it has accelerated under Albanese. It is also part of the business model of the teals, most of whose candidates are drawn from this demographic.
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