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June 2025

Major parties have never relied more on preferences

by Bill Browne, Skye Predavec and Joshua Black

At the 2025 federal election, the Albanese Labor Government won over 55% of the two-party preferred vote. The two-party preferred vote, called 2PP, measures whether Australians preferred their Labor candidate or their Liberal–National Coalition candidate. 55% of the 2PP is the party’s best result since 1943. This high 2PP vote disguises a relatively low first-preference

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