NSW and QLD officials are worried that CT Group can’t help the party woo younger voters, women and some ethnic groups.
which went on to propel David Cameron, Boris Johnson and John Howard to power, has been the Liberal Party’s go-to pollsters for more than 20 years, and a fixture of state and federal Liberal election efforts.
“There’s a lot of people in the party who are taking a very strong view that the CT model of winning elections is well and truly over,” a party official who declined to be named told“We’re out of step ... what worked well in the 1990s isn’t working now. We’ve been chasing one vote at the cost of a well-educated urban group, as well as anyone under 40, and we’ve learnt it’s completely unsustainable.
“Millennials and Gen Z will only move to the right if political parties of the centre-right give them a reason to do so ... parties of the left have shown no hesitation in filling this vacuum.”The report has sent shockwaves throughout the Liberals, where more and more officials are convinced the party needs a fresh approach and to more closely represent the community – particularly women and ethnic groups – while also engaging better on issues concerning younger voters, to survive.
“Howard and CT hit on the idea that we can buy off old people by putting these systems in place that benefit the older generations over younger generations, and the result is that our voting profile is getting older, but the overwhelming majority of people under 40 is voting left,” the official told theIn Queensland, CT advised the LNP on the Fadden by-election in July, but is now facing competition as the main pollster for the state party, as Opposition Leader David Crisafulli eyes a win in...
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