Victorian election: with Melbourne Cup over, now comes real race for Daniel Andrews and Matthew Guy

Polls and pundits have Labor winning in a canter, but strategists from both sides expect the margin to narrow as 26 November approaches

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You'd be forgiven for thinking the Victorian state election campaign has been under way for months.

Since September, rarely has a day gone by without a politician posing in a hard hat, hi-vis or with a baby, promising billions of dollars for a new hospital, road or school.

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