PETER VAN ONSELEN: Redbridge poll shift shows signs of a political earthquake blowing up one of the most enduring truths of Aussie politics - that Victoria is a Labor state Redbridge poll shows massive shift in Victoria It's also a sign of trouble for Anthony Albanese's government By Peter van Onselen, Political Editor for Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:53, 5 August 2024 | Updated: 01:10, 5 August 2024 e-mail View comments Once described as the jewel in the crown of the Liberal Party, the state of Victoria has long been an electoral wasteland for the right-of-centre major party. But that might be changing. It's only one poll, but after nearly a decade in power the Labor government's primary vote has plummeted according to Redbridge independent polling.
The major parties are now both traveling at 50-50 on a two party preferred vote for the first time since 2017. While other states have seen Liberal oppositions tank at elections, no other state has been as consistently pro-Labor for as long as Victoria. Other than one error-riddled four year term for the Coalition, the Labor Party has governed Victoria for the past quarter of a century.
Most recently that was under the leadership of Dan Andrews. Since his retirement Jacinta Allan has taken over the reins, only to find herself immersed in the CFMEU scandal and the fallout from the junked Commonwealth Games bid as minister she was responsible for . But the shift is not all about that, rather, Victoria's extraordinary debt bur.