Victorian Labor runs open tickets as Coalition and One Nation swap preferences
The Guardian reported that Victorian Labor announced it will run open tickets in the inner-city seats of Prahran and Caulfield, while the Liberal-National coalition and One Nation agreed to place each other ahead of Labor on their how-to-vote cards. Earlier, The Age said the Liberal-National coalition will give One Nation a higher preference than Labor on its how-to-vote cards. A DemosAU poll cited by The Guardian placed Labor’s primary vote at 18%, behind the Coalition’s 33% and One Nation’s 21%. A Lighthouse tracking poll reported by News.
com. au showed One Nation leading Labor with 23% to 22% of the primary vote, while the Liberals held 31%. The Guardian also noted that One Nation was gaining support in Melbourne’s western suburbs as Labor’s vote fell, and that internal Greens polling put the Greens ahead of One Nation. Analysis of 2022 booth results, reported by The Age, indicated Labor losing ground in its traditional northern suburbs, One Nation gaining in regional areas, and the Liberals targeting both blue-ribbon and western seats ahead of the state election.
