The Victorian Labor Party is one of the most battle-hardened and best campaign machines in the country. But it is facing an uphill battle to win the November 28 state election, as voters, cranky about rising crime, crumbling roads and a deterioration in the state’s finances, turn away from a 12-year-old government.
Victoria’s Liberals, meanwhile, are one of the least successful divisions of the party, and coming off a particularly bad period of infighting and division. Still, published polls show the Coalition is on track to return to Treasury benches for only the second time this century.
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