The federal election review also revealed late and poor candidate selection and lack of diversity contributed to the worst Liberal poll result since 1946.
Scott Morrison and the Liberal Party were considered “out of touch” by voters at the May election, an internal review of the party has found that sheeted home the loss to a lack of policy agenda and crumbling support among professional women.
“The prime minister’s standing with voters deteriorated significantly through 2021 to become a significant negative. The prime minister and the party were seen as ‘out of touch’,” they found. The Teals: “Not a collection of independent entities. They are, by any meaningful interpretation of the term, a political party and should be considered by the electoral authorities as such.“
“The sense the government had ‘run its race’ was allowed to develop as a result. Voters, including those acknowledging the government’s effective performance in managing the pandemic, did not have a clear view of the Coalition’s priorities for another term.”They said the party now holds 3 of the 30 seats with high numbers of female professional voters. The Liberals had gone to the election holding half of these electorates.
Scott Morrison accidentally takes down Luca Fauvette at Devonport Strikers soccer club in Tasmania on May 18.Rather than adopt the Labor Party’s quota system, the review said the party needed to set a target of 50 per cent female representation within 10 years or three electoral terms. The report also found diversity issues affected the party’s standing with non-English speaking migrant communities, particularly the growing ethnic Chinese population.
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