For the 2022 election, we took the temperature of Australia’s marginal seats. Here’s what we learned

‘Reporting this 2022 federal election series told us many Australians are deeply irritated with Scott Morrison. Some of this voter blowback is visceral.’ Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

It’s been a marathon campaign but the finish line is in sight. Unless Saturday night’s result is too close to call, Australians will know in a few days whether Scott Morrison is returning for three more years or whether Anthony Albanese will be the country’s next prime minister.

Over the past couple of months Guardian Australia reporters have fanned out in marginal seats across the country to try to capture the mood and dynamics of the 2022 election from the ground up. The result of this exercise has been the illuminating Anywhere But Canberra series.