It's the grassroots, stupid: what Zali Steggall's campaign can teach Labor about winning

Labor is doomed to electoral failure unless it abandons its culture of rewarding insiders

As much as the Liberal party might hate to admit it, independent Zali Steggall had an unbeatable advantage in Warringah – she had genuine grassroots support.

It might have started with a few disaffected moderate Liberal party members but the anti-Tony Abbott movement quickly swelled to a deep local army of passionate supporters. Then they found their local hero in Steggall – an Olympian and long-time resident – around whom they could coalesce.

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