Minor party voters' preferences ‘instrumental' to Labor Party's election dominance
Redbridge Group Director Kos Samaras says the 6 million Australians who voted for minor parties but preferenced the Labor Party were 'instrumental' in Labor's federal election victory.
'The 6 million or so Australians that voted for other parties, their preferences were quite instrumental when delivering the Albanese government a massive win,' Mr Samaras said.
'Not only, obviously, did we see an increase in the Labor primary, but also that preference flow was absolutely significant to Labor.
'It's very clear that all the votes that the Coalition lost over the last eight to nine weeks to minor parties, those Australians decided to actually preference the Labor Party.'
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