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Eden Monaro: will coronavirus campaigning skew the result?

22 May 2020

12:27 PM

22 May 2020

12:27 PM

The 2007 federal election was held in the early days of social media. Many a time when John Howard visited a shopping centre or other public place in support of local candidates, he would walk to a voter, hold out his hand and introduce himself, followed by a throng of cameras and whoever the local aspirant was. 

The following dialogue inevitably happened:

“Can I get a photo, prime minister?”  

“Sure”. 

Howard knew that the voter would forward the photo on to friends, colleagues and family.

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