A MEDIA release issued by a campaign rating local members on Tuesday showed Member for Murrumbidgee Adrian Piccoli had a rating of 4/10.
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However, his rating has risen to 7/10 yesterday.
The #StandUp4Farmers campaign asked people to rate their local member.
In the release on Tuesday, Mr Piccoli and Greg Alpin (Albury) had a rating of 4/10.
A NSW Farmers spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday Mr Piccoli now had a rating of 7/10.
“There’s been a lot of traffic since Saturday,” she said.
“We’ve had a gradual increase in the amount of interest in our tool as we get closer to the election,” she said.
More than 5000 people had rated candidates at 1pm on Wednesday.
Campaign spokesperson and chief executive officer of NSW Farmers Matt Brand said farmers and regional communities had embraced the #StandUp4Farmers campaign.
“We don’t want farmers to be taken for granted this election,” Mr Brand said.
