RaymondPierreL3<p>From a Conversation article by Intifar Chowdhury which is looking at the progressive-conservative divide in generational and gender groupings and how it might affect <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusElection25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusElection25</span></a>. </p><p>“Unsurprisingly, people vote according to who they think will best address the policy areas they care about most.</p><p>Those prioritising interest rates, taxation or economic management favour right-wing parties. Voters most concerned with health, Medicare and climate change are more likely to vote for the left.</p><p>Education, class and social networks matter, too. Highly educated, working-class, non-religious and union-affiliated voters tend to support left parties. So, too, do those raised in left-leaning households.”</p><p>According to the above, the author implies that voters likely to vote for the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> are worried about interest rates, taxation and economic management are less likely to be highly educated and more likely to be religious (ie. we know bugger all but we’ll swallow the swill the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> dishes out and pray to God that all will be fine when they get into govt). </p><p>Our saving grace is that <a href="https://aus.social/tags/GenZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenZ</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Millennials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Millennials</span></a> now outnumber <a href="https://aus.social/tags/BabyBoomers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BabyBoomers</span></a> (thank fuck for that! At last!) which presumes a shift to the left of politics in the coming elections (ie. because they care about preventing a scorched planet and surviving climate change).</p><p>Bottom line is that while the electorate appears to be more left-leaning, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> has a tough assignment if it wishes to capture those votes. Should it fail to do so (and there is every indication that it will), the likely outcome will be a minority govt with the balance of power firmly in the left camp. Not such a bad outcome after all. Let’s do our civic duty with a clear and logical mind folks. <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/InUnity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InUnity</span></a> </p><p>It’s an interesting article, well worth the read.</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/i-looked-at-35-years-of-data-to-see-how-australians-vote-heres-what-it-tells-us-about-the-next-election-249368" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/i-looked-a</span><span class="invisible">t-35-years-of-data-to-see-how-australians-vote-heres-what-it-tells-us-about-the-next-election-249368</span></a></p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TheConversation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheConversation</span></a></p>