The Coalition lost a third of its support among voters under 55 or who had at least finished year 12, according to first major analysis of the federal election.
Middle-aged and highly-educated voters deserting the Coalition en masse were the major demographic drivers of the Morrison government’s defeat, according to the first major independent analysis of theBut the impact of female voters abandoning the Coalition was actually lower than the popular narrative would suggest, the Australian National University survey found.
Co-author Professor Nicholas Biddle said age and education levels were the biggest demographic factor in deciding the election. But more significant was the consolidation of a long-term trend in education levels determining how people voted, Professor Biddle said. “The education vote difference is more important for the long term because the Australian population is becoming more educated and if the Coalition is not able to regain voters among the higher educated cohort, I can’t see them being competitive unless they can pull them back,” Professor Biddle said.and Greens helped enlarge the crossbench, overall the backlash from female voters had built up over successive elections.
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