Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements about voting?
Q | Total agree | Total disagree | Strongly agree | Agree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | |
Each election I decide on which party is offering me the most | 66% | 23% | 16% | 50% | 15% | 8% | 10% | |
I always vote for the same party at every election | 46% | 47% | 13% | 33% | 37% | 10% | 7% | |
I’m more likely to vote for an independent or minor party than I used to be | 43% | 44% | 10% | 33% | 28% | 16% | 13% | |
I am less likely to vote for the same party every election than I was in the past | 41% | 43% | 7% | 34% | 31% | 12% | 16% | |
I don’t look at the party, I look at the individual candidate | 39% | 52% | 7% | 32% | 39% | 13% | 9% | |
I usually vote for an independent or minor party | 20% | 67% | 4% | 16% | 44% | 23% | 13% |
Q | Total agree | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | |
Each election I decide on which party is offering me the most | 66% | 70% | 63% | 73% | 79% | |
I always vote for the same party at every election | 46% | 57% | 57% | 40% | 19% | |
I’m more likely to vote for an independent or minor party than I used to be | 43% | 40% | 36% | 62% | 71% | |
I am less likely to vote for the same party every election than I was in the past | 41% | 38% | 40% | 50% | 61% | |
I don’t look at the party, I look at the individual candidate | 39% | 34% | 40% | 48% | 47% | |
I usually vote for an independent or minor party | 20% | 15% | 13% | 52% | 36% |
A majority (66%) agree they vote according to “which party is offering me the most”. 71% of women agree compared to 62% of men.
46% agree they always vote for the same party – including 57% of Labor and Liberal/National voters.
43% agree they are more likely to vote for an independent or minor party than they used to be. Although 71% of independent/other party voters agree, only 36% say they usually vote for an independent or minor party.
41% agree they are less likely to vote for the same party – including 61% of other/independent voters.