4-year terms

Q. In Australia, Federal elections are currently held every 3 years, although the Government can decide to hold an election earlier. Would you support or oppose changing to 4-year fixed terms so that elections are held every 4 years on the same date?

	Total		Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Vote Other		Aged 18-34	Aged 35-54	Aged 55+
Total support	58%		60%	64%	56%	50%		52%	56%	68%
Total oppose	24%		24%	22%	24%	37%		25%	25%	20%
Strongly support	18%		20%	19%	19%	17%		13%	16%	27%
Support	40%		40%	45%	37%	33%		39%	40%	41%
Oppose	15%		17%	16%	14%	15%		17%	15%	12%
Strongly oppose	9%		7%	6%	10%	22%		8%	10%	8%
Don’t know	18%		16%	14%	20%	13%		23%	19%	12%

58% support 4-year fixed terms for Federal Parliament and 24% oppose.

Those most likely to support 4-year fixed terms were Liberal/National voters (64%), men (65%) and aged 55+ (68%).

Those most likely to oppose 4-year fixed terms were other party voters (37%) and aged 18-24 (41%).