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Beware claims of a gender electoral apocalypse

15 April 2021

2:06 PM

15 April 2021

2:06 PM

Women abandon Coalition in droves“, a headline says in The Australian today.

The story covers data from the Australian Leadership Index, a project of Swinburne University, home to one of the few politics departments in the country with a vague idea of how politics actually works in the real world.

At first glance, the figures look concerning — but one very important factor is missing:

Australian women’s perception of federal leaders took a steep dive from the end of 2020 to the first quarter of 2021 amid a slew of Parliament House scandals, including the alleged rape of former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins...

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