Election Engagement

16 May 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	Last week 06/05/19	Two weeks ago 29/04/19
Have not been paying any attention	18%	12%	12%	23%	20%	16%	19%
Have been paying little attention	28%	31%	26%	33%	29%	29%	29%
Have been paying some attention	35%	36%	43%	27%	37%	36%	33%
Have been paying a lot of attention	18%	22%	20%	18%	14%	19%	20%

	Total	Aged 18-34	Aged 35-54	Aged 55+
Have not been paying any attention	18%	29%	15%	12%
Have been paying little attention	28%	33%	34%	19%
Have been paying some attention	35%	26%	35%	43%
Have been paying a lot of attention	18%	12%	16%	26%

There has been limited change in the interest shown in the election during the campaign. 18% said they were paying no attention to the election is up 2%pts from last week, but no higher than 19% at the end of April. Younger voters have consistently had the lowest engagement in the election, with 29% paying no attention in the final week.
However, older voters are so far most engaged with the election, with 26% 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 (23% to 13%).

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