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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Henry Dyer

Harold, Denise, Alison and Mark: Tories’ hypothetical target voters are all white, document reveals

The internal document from Conservative campaign headquarters’ voter insight team
The Conservatives said the leaflet was ‘reflective of the wide and diverse society we live in’. Photograph: Conservative party HQ

Meet Harold, Denise, Alison and Mark: the four key target audiences identified by Conservative strategists as the right people to win them seats in the general election.

The four theoretical voters are defined as the “persuasion audience”, very likely to head to the polls and open to considering backing the Tories.

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