Why white married women are more likely to vote for conservative parties
- Written by Leah Ruppanner, Associate Professor in Sociology and Co-Director of The Policy Lab, University of Melbourne
Women’s perceptions of 'gender linked fate' were contingent on two dimensions: their race and their marital status. Shutterstock
The polls were wrong in the last US and Australian federal elections. Hillary Clinton was favoured to win at a margin of 85% to Donald Trump’s 15%. And Bill Shorten was expected to defeat Scott Morrison.
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