An analysis of the 23 seats in the UK where Muslim Vote candidates opposed Labour, resulted in an unmitigated disaster for the party. Repeated here, it would be a wipeout for Labor in western Sydney.
Already a subscriber?Historically, religion has tended to be a demographic which describes Australian voters, rather than explaining how or why they vote the way they do.
Pro-Palestinian protesters in London; Labour leader Keir Starmer won the election on Friday but his majority was slashed by almost 60pc by a challenge from a pro-Palestine independent. He also lost two members of his top team.But their left vote was contingent on their jobs and their incomes, and as that changed, so did their vote. An employer from a migrant background might have attended a different church to an Australian-born employer, but they both ended up voting for the Coalition.
Scott Morrison won an older version of the 2007 Rudd Christian demographic in 2019, and it delivered him his “miracle” result. This lasted until his perceived hostility to China helped seal his defeat in 2022, when Chinese-born voters in marginal seats swung significantly to Labor across marginal seats.But this wasn’t about faith, it was about sticking up for your country of birth or ancestral origin.
We should be under no illusions here that the events of recent months are part of a strategy by the Greens to force Labor into minority government, where the Greens would emerge as kingmakers.
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