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believe this is a liberal target
This might be a close contest given both lnp and greens are targeting it. A 3 cornered contest could help the lnp with Labor having to fight off both the left and the right.
i honestly dont know why the Greens are targeting it. There is a huge gap between the Labor and Greens primary and in terms of Labor primary vote it is quite strong. I dont see Greens knocking the Labor of the 2CP anytime soon. The demographics include mainly middle and working class suburbs and only a few posh suburbs such as Wavell Heights and Kedron. In terms of the LNP’s chances it is usually only close in very bad elections in QLD such as 1996, 2013 and 2019. In fact Labor has a better margin today adjusted to current boundaries in Lilley than in 2007 when there was Wayne Swan and Kevin Rudd. If the Labor party loses Lilley to LNP they can probably win a majority without the Teal seats and it will be a disaster of the election.
@nimalan I agree I don’t think the lnp can win in 2025 but 2028 is on the table. From what I hear the coalition is adopting a 2 term strategy to weaken Labor to the point of minority government in 2025 and then come in and sweep the field in 2028. I’m expecting somewhere around 8-12 for the lnp. That’s a combination of labor/green and minority seats
This seat is like Kingsford Smith in NSW: it’s beachside but for some reason Labor still holds it, even though they usually do poorly in coastal seats in the capital cities where there is a beach. Perhaps the above-average Greens vote helps them in these seats.
This is federal Labor’s only coastal seat in Queensland. Kingsford Smith is the only beachside seat in Sydney that is held by Labor. In Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide it’s different though but even there the beach tends to be a Liberal area. The Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast and most of the beachy parts of the Central Coast also have high Liberal votes or are Liberal heartlands. Even in Newcastle which is traditionally a city that votes 63% Labor (TPP) on all levels of politics the beachy areas tend to have decent Liberal primaries.
I grew up not far from a beach in regional NSW and it was always the same in the country, city and beach: conservative (Nationals in this case at the time).
What makes beachy suburbs so strong for the Liberals and teals but not so much for Labor or the modern-day Greens? Is it because most are upper or middle-class areas or is there a general conservative vibe?
@ Nether Portal
I dont think the Moreton Bay beaches are that desirables from what i hear there are mostly mudflats etc unlike in the other cities. In the Gold Coast the LNP vote is much stronger on the beaches than inland. Which is why Theodore is more marginal.
I would agree that Generally Beachy suburbs are Lib/Teal as they attract an affluent demographic higher property prices. Kingsford Smith has some industrial areas which is why it is Labor like Gellibrand. Issacs is a seat Libs can win longer term and the Liberal vote is much better on the beach than inland.
@Nimalan yes that is correct in some areas. In Sandgate the beach has a lot of mudflats and because of that you get a lot of stingrays that sleep and nest there. You can walk all the way out like 50 metres at least on some days.
@np anyone who can afford it obviously has money and those people generally vote lnp.