Victoria the key of the election direction

Victoria will be the focus of the September 7 election. The battleground will be set in the crucial seats of Corangamite, Deakin, La Trobe, Chisholm, Aston, Dunkley, Casey and Melbourne.

But if Victoria is the deciding factor in the election, both parties have a lot of work to do and they know it.

They have moved away from NSW and set up camp in Victoria. The Coalition headquarters are in Spring Street and Labor headquarters in William Street.

In 2010 the Coalition conquered NSW and QLD, but lost ground in Victoria with Labor winning a record 55.3 per cent of the state-wide two-party-preferred vote.

Victorians will vote in 37 federal electorates and choose six senators.

The ALP holds 22 out of 37 seats. The Liberals have 12 and the Nationals have 2.

Julia Gillard achieved these good results for Labor and it will be difficult for Kevin Rudd to repeat let alone improve on.

Although Mr Rudd’s return will improve polling in safe seats like Isaacs, it is not clear whether there will be backlash in other seats like Melbourne Ports where Ms Gillard had strong personal support.

Victoria 2010 was awful for the Coalition and they are determined to not see a repeat. Tony Abbott has visited Victoria more than 100 times since the last election calling it his “second home”.

The coalition has their campaign donations pouring into Victoria and Tony Abbott has promised to chip in $1.5 billion of federal money for the east-west road link.

But let’s take a look into the crucial election areas where the two parties will focus on.

The key issues Victorian voters will focus on will be carbon tax, tackling cost of living with mortgage areas having a huge impact on the crucial seats, infrastructure and education reforms.

Victorians, check what electorate you are in and how you are apart of the direction of the election.