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Polling data indicates that Gen Z is the demographic least likely to vote for One Nation, while support is strongest among Gen X and baby boomers. Relationships Australia reports growing family conflict over politics, with younger people struggling to understand older relatives' support for the party amid debates about immigration, identity and housing pressures.
Polling data shows gen Z is the least likely demographic to vote for One Nation, with support coming from older generations. Relationships Australia said it is hearing from more people experiencing family fallouts over politics.
Pointing to a family photo hanging on her lounge room wall, Bronte Woolley explains she is the odd one out in her household.
"The rest of our family is all quite conservative-minded and has the same beliefs as my mum does," she said. "I definitely get more agitated about it than she does. And while there have been intense political debates between them, Kelly said they stop before things get too heated.
"Because I wouldn't have seen things that way. "Data from RedBridge found gen Z is the least likely demographic to vote for One Nation, while the party's biggest supporters are from the gen X and baby boomer cohorts. "It's easier for people to be like, 'I hate my parents, they support One Nation how dare they'. "But I think it's so much harder for me to think that way because it's more complicated than that," she said.
Sarah is a second-generation migrant and said because of this, she struggled to understand her father's support for One Nation.capitalising on anti-immigration sentiment during a housing crisis. At first Sarah said she felt "anger and confusion" towards her father before trying to understand his perspective.
"With my dad, he's compelled by One Nation to adopt and incorporate their attitudes in order to prove he's different from the 'bad immigrant' out-group, because he doesn't want to be scapegoated," she said. "If you understand why this comes about, I think you have the grace to love and to care about the people that have those views. "Relationships Australia's national executive officer Nick Tebbey said it is hearing from more people experiencing family fallouts over politics.
"Political mismatch and that real divergence of beliefs is actually incredibly on the rise because we're seeing such a proliferation of opinion-based news and grievance-based politics. "And you hope that's because that relationship is going to withstand those sorts of reactions. " He said it is not really the politics itself that leads to family conflicts, but the underlying difference in values that can "drive people apart".
"Because you suddenly question the basis of your relationship or what you thought you knew about that person or what you thought you had in common with that person," he said. "So, when our values are challenged, we're much more likely to become defensive, to respond emotionally, that can lead to more significant long-term changes. "For Bronte and her mum Kelly, they believe you can connect with a loved one even if you disagree with their politics.
"I don't think it's ever really come between us. ""I would never choose somebody who voted One Nation or Liberal or politically conservative," Bronte said. "You don't really get to choose your family. I think it is also eye-opening to me that you are able to love somebody regardless of the way they vote. "
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