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Casey Briggs

Adelaide, Sydney

Journalist at ABC News (Australia)

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  • 2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Casey Briggs

    As the leaders crisscross the country, they are tailoring their message to appeal to swing and soft voters in their target seats.  They are relying on focus group research to help them do that - research that campaigns are very secretive about.  But the ABC has lifted the lid on how they work and how undecided voters are thinking about this election. Featured:Kos Samaras, former Labor strategist and founder of RedbridgeTony Barry, former Liberal Strategist, Redbridge team member

  • 2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Casey Briggs

    "He's a good politician; I'll give him that."The character assessments aren't exactly flattering, and they clearly lay out the problems our political leaders face in winning over swing voters. Moderator Simon Welsh has asked a group of nine undecided voters for the positives of Anthony Albanese as a leader, to a fairly muted response. "He's got a cool name, that's about it," says Ned.

  • 2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Casey Briggs

    Talk to political strategists and pollsters and they'll tell you much the same thing: there are more swing and soft voters in Australia going into this election than at any time in modern history. More of us than ever are willing to shop around with our vote and consider all the options. There are lots of ways you can measure the so-called 'softness' of people's vote.

  • 3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Casey Briggs

    Modelling shows Labor ahead in 10 seats where it was behind six weeks ago, putting it in a stronger position to form government. The research also found Labor at 50.2 per cent of the vote in national two-party preferred terms, with the Coalition on 49.8 per cent. Polling will likely continue to be tight ahead of election day on May 3.

  • 1 month ago | abc.net.au | Casey Briggs |Greig Johnston |Benjamin Gubana

    Hello and thank you for joining us for the ABC's live coverage of the 2025 WA election. The polls close at 6pm local time and then the counting will begin!Roger Cook's Labor party is heavily tipped to retain government, given the massive majority the party enjoys following the Mark McGowan-led annihilation of 2021.

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2 Apr 25

We wanted to better understand how elections are won in Australia, how swing voters are changing, and how the tectonic plates of politics are shifting in this country So here's something we've been working on. Swingers: How To Win An Election. Starting next Tuesday https://t.co/U1EAhUacR4

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25 Feb 25

RT @AntonyGreenElec: Why I’ve Decided to Retire from Presenting Elections Plus a few words of thanks https://t.co/I7xuQGCFro https://t.co/0…

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15 Feb 25

A YouGov MRP has found a median estimate of Coalition 73 seats, Labor 66, were an election to be held today. If those numbers were replicated on polling day Dutton would be the firm favourite to govern. My story for ABC News: https://t.co/Oj30jfkLwu