Can Dutton pull off a victory like Trump?
The Republican’s appeal to blue-collar battlers is a template the opposition leader seems determined to follow. But will it work?
To form a majority government at the next election, the Coalition needs a net gain of 20 seats; it would need to win ones regarded as rock solid Labor. Bethany Rae
Donald Trump came within a whisker of winning New Jersey, the home ground of blue-collar poet Bruce Springsteen and one of the most diverse and rock-solid Democratic states in America.
Trump’s emphatic election win, and his appeal to the working class across racial lines, has Liberal Party strategists dreaming; they wonder if it offers a route to victory for Peter Dutton in 2025, through blue-collar suburbs and regional fringes powered by fury over inflation that has swept incumbents from power around the world.
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