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Contact with election campaign

7 Jun 2016

Q. Over the last few weeks which of the following types of contact have you had with the election campaign?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other
Seen TV campaign ads 58%   57% 65% 49% 61%
Received campaign materials in your letterbox 49%   48% 50% 54% 63%
Watched one of the party leader debates on TV 22%   26% 22% 27% 24%
Received an email about the election 17%   19% 19% 28% 12%
Visited a website about election issues 13%   16% 12% 20% 13%
Been surveyed on the phone 12%   14% 14% 7% 16%
Had a phone call from a political party 11%   13% 11% 12% 11%
Been approached in the street by party workers handing out material 9%   10% 12% 8% 6%
Been door-knocked by a political party 5%   6% 7% 2% 4%
Been door-knocked by another group (e.g. union, interest group) 4%   6% 4% 3% 3%

58% say they have seen TV ads about the election campaign and 49% have received campaign materials in their letterbox. 22% say they have watched a leaders debate.

Only 5% say they have been door-knocked by a political party and 9% have been approached by party workers in the street.

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