Tuesday 13 August 2013

Er... Rodney... They Ain't Going to Vote Liberal Anyway


Rodney Croome has no idea what he is talking about if he thinks inner-city seats are going to vote for Tony Abbott regardless of his gay marriage stance. Croome, the director of Australian Marriage Equality, says Abbott risks inner-city seats because of his decision not to allow Liberal Party MPs a conscience vote on gay marriage. Um, Rodney, the Liberals are not going to win those seats anyway; and that's not being apathetic, or saying that they shouldn't try to win those seats; but the political animosity towards Abbott, by the inner-city voters, goes just a little further than the issue of marriage rights. The Liberals aren't going to win Sydney, Melbourne or any of the inner-city seats like Batman or Melbourne Ports.

The serious issues of the economy, border protection and standards of living, are the issues that most Australians care about. It is the suburban heartlands where elections are won and lost: Western Sydney, Melbourne's southeast, Brisbane's suburbs, and semi rural seats.

It is manufacturing and factory workers in Dandenong and new parents, first time home owners in Parramatta who will be the heart of the support for either Labor or Liberal. The inner-city is home to the fringe dwellers who vote with their hearts, not their heads.

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