People who had to phone in their votes because they were in insolation with COVID-19 were more left-leaning than their wider electorate in all but eight seats.
The more than 75,000 Australians who voted via telephone because they were in isolation with COVID-19 were far more likely to back Labor candidates or Greens and independents than the broader electorate.
There were 13 seats where the difference between the COVID-19 phone voting outcome and the overall outcome exceeded 10 percentage points. In 15 of the 16 crossbench seats, the eventual victor also fared better on the two-candidate preferred count among voters who had to phone in. The only outlier was Fowler, won by independent Dai Le with 51.5 per cent of the vote against Kristina Keneally. The former Labor senator won the COVID-19 phone voting booth with 57.7 per cent of the vote, an 8-point difference.
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