The shifting majoritarianism down under
Australia's politics have seemingly shifted in the opposite direction of its counterparts
In the leadup to Australia’s federal elections in 2025, the ruling Labor Party was seemingly under threat from a reinvigorated National Coalition led by the Liberal Party (the country’s leading conservative faction) and the One Nation Party led by far-right leader Pauline Hanson. Under Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, the country was in the throes of post-COVID inflation, a resurgent right and growing anti-immigrant sentiment that was particularly hostile towards Indians. Polls showed a neck-and-neck race, with some Australian commentators predicting a similar anti-incumbency wave that hit other parts of the world following the pandemic, including in neighboring New Zealand.
However, Labor won the largest landslide victory in the country’s history, capturing 94 of 150 parliamentary seats and over 55 percent of the popular vote. Albanese had a
