Howard started the ball rolling chasing money held by the religious right.

The results of the ANU’s 2022 Australian Election Study confirm that the Coalition was undone by the pandemic, the economy, and a highly unpopular Prime Minister. However, they also suggest that the Liberal Party’s ‘broad church’ is an increasingly untenable edifice.

Source: The Liberal Party – a broad church or a house divided? – Pearls and Irritations