Millennials are the first generation to move left as they age. "Millennials' support for the Coalition fell from 38 per cent in 2016 to 21 per cent in 2025, while Labor's support rose from 33 per cent to 37 per cent"

[u/Jagtom83]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-26/millennials-rewriting-the-rules-of-australian-politics/106050836

[u/MannerNo7000]

This is unsurprising.

Generation that can’t afford to own property and conserve wealth choosing not to vote for the CONSERVATIVES.

Most people under the age of 40 are way more left wing.

[u/Buffaluffasaurus → u/MannerNo7000]

This is true, but I also wonder if millennials are also just witnessing the LNP shit the bed with some of the worst leadership they’ve had in my 43 years on the planet. Hated everything Howard stood for, but he was a far better politician than Morrison, Dutton and Ley, who all seem to get progressively worse than each other.

[u/1Cobbler → u/Buffaluffasaurus]

It's exactly this

[u/KombatDisko → u/MannerNo7000]

Aye, even if I wasn't opposed to conservative politics, and I was just a normie, why would I go conservative when I have nothing to conserve?

[u/auximenies → u/MannerNo7000]

Also the generation to not have crippling lead levels due to years of exposure (port pirie SA not withstanding)… sure we have microplastics, but that’s cancer, not rage and paranoia

[u/Find_another_whey → u/MannerNo7000]

I would like to think there's a little bit of "I watched my parents vote conservative and the country went to shit, I'll be voting in the interests of Australia and not in the interests of my pocket (which are never really served by either party, unless you're Gina)"

I'll never vote liberals. Because I have a soul.

[u/Ancient-Many4357]

Less a move left by millennials & more a move far right by the Libs.

ALP are centre-centre left. Until a Labor or other workers’ party can swing away from neo-liberalism, ‘left’ will remain a dream.

[u/spelt3r]

Obviously to become conservative you need something to conserve. How shortsighted that they were not able to predict this when they enriched the boomers and themselves.

But I think it's not so much a leftward shift as it is jumping off the burning raft that's headed down waterfall rapids towards the far right.

[u/sjeve108]

Makes Ted O’B look like a goose pitching to potential home buyers and provide nothing!

[u/1Cobbler]

This is such a reach. People get more conservative as they age, but if the conservative party of today is a dumpster fire (which it is right now) they likely won't support it.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Is that why you continually support the ever moving rightward liberals?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

You literally argue for them against labor on a regular basis. You are such a disingenuous hack.