Election engagement

30 Apr 2019

Q. How much attention have you been paying to the news, advertising and updates from the Federal Election?

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Liberal / National	Vote Greens	NET: Vote Other
Have not been paying any attention	19%	14%	12%	15%	19%
Have been paying little attention	29%	30%	29%	31%	27%
Have been paying some attention	33%	35%	33%	37%	40%
Have been paying a lot of attention	20%	21%	27%	17%	14%

	Total	Aged 18-34	Aged 35-54	Aged 55+
Have not been paying any attention	19%	26%	19%	11%
Have been paying little attention	29%	34%	31%	21%
Have been paying some attention	33%	26%	35%	38%
Have been paying a lot of attention	20%	14%	14%	29%

Just under one in five people (19%) say they have not been paying any attention to the election. This was highest among those aged 18-34 (26%).
Engagement in the election was lower among those intending to vote for a minor or independent candidate. 19% of these voters say they haven’t been paying any attention the election, and just 14% say they have been paying a lot of attention.
Older voters are so far most engaged with the election, with 29% saying they have been paying a lot of attention.
Men were more likely than women to say they had been paying a lot of attention to the election (25% to 14%).

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