Published: October 18, 2018
Former prime minister visited electorate as part of last-minute campaign to avoid hung parliament
The Liberal party has wheeled out its elder statesman, former prime minister John Howard, in a last-ditch attempt to convince Liberal voters in Wentworth not to punish the government with a protest vote on the weekend.
Polls this week, including the Liberals own internal polling, show that the Liberal primary vote has slumped to 32.7% compared with 62.2% that the former member, Malcolm Turnbull, won in 2016. At this level of support the Liberals would likely lose the seat for the first time in its history – and their one-seat majority in parliament.
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