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Josh Taylor

What party is ScoMo in? What is a corflute? Who should I vote for and who will win? The top Google searches of the Australian election

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Corflutes at a Brisbane pre-polling booth for early voting. As well as asking ‘when is the election?’, voters seeking information about the 2022 Australian federal election have also searched for how to pronounce the name of the Labor leader, Anthony Albanese.
Corflutes at a Brisbane pre-polling booth for early voting. As well as asking ‘when is the election?’, voters seeking information about the 2022 Australian federal election have also searched for how to pronounce the name of the Labor leader, Anthony Albanese. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

With just over a week until polling day in the federal election, people are still searching Google for the answer to questions such as “which party is ScoMo in?” and “who should I vote for?”.

In week five of the campaign, the top breakout search according to trend data provided by Google is the one on everyone’s mind: “Who is winning?”

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