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The contemporary Liberal Party generally advocates economic liberalism (see New Right). Historically, the party has supported a higher degree of economic protectionism and interventionism than it has in recent decades. However, from its foundation the party has identified itself as anti-socialist. Strong opposition to socialism and communism in Australia and abroad was one of its founding principles. The party's founder and longest-serving leader Robert Menzies envisaged that Australia's middle class would form its main constituency.

Throughout their history, the Liberals have been in electoral terms largely the party of the middle class (whom Menzies, in the era of the party's formation called "The forgotten people"), though such class-based voting patterns are no longer as clear as they once were. In the 1970s a left-wing middle class emerged that no longer voted Liberal.[citation needed] One effect of this was the success of a breakaway party, the Australian Democrats, founded in 1977 by former Liberal minister Don Chipp and members of minor liberal parties; other members of the left-leaning section of the middle-class became Labor supporters.[citation needed] On the other hand, the Liberals have done increasingly well in recent years among socially conservative working-class voters.[citation needed]However the Liberal Party's key support base remains the upper-middle classes; 16 of the 20 richest federal electorates are held by the Liberals, most of which are safe seats. In country areas they either compete with or have a truce with the Nationals, depending on various factors.

1. How does the Liberal Party define itself?
2. What do they advocate?
3. Who is the founder?
4. What are it's founding priciples?
5. Who did the founder envision would form the party?
6. Who is actually it's support base?
7. Who are "The forgotten people"?
8. What happened in the 70's?
9. What party did they form?
10. Who was the founder?
11. What year?
12. How many federal electorates are held by Liberals?
1. anti-socialis
2. economic liberalism
3. Robert Menzies
4. opposition to socialism and communism
5. Australia's middle class
6. The upper-middle classes
7. middle class
8. a left-wing middle class emerged
9. The Australian Democrats
10. FOunded by Don Chipp and members of minor liberal partie
11. 1977
12. 16