Q. When deciding your vote in Federal elections, which of the following are you mostly influenced by?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
Apr 2013 |
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|
The individual candidate |
21% |
27% |
18% |
15% |
29% |
21% |
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|
The candidate’s political party |
42% |
40% |
50% |
60% |
30% |
47% |
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|
The leader of the political party |
20% |
20% |
24% |
15% |
15% |
21% |
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Don’t know |
18% |
13% |
7% |
10% |
26% |
11% |
42% of respondents said the political party is the main influence on their vote at Federal elections – 21% say they are mostly influenced by the individual candidate and 20% by the party leader.
Those most influenced by the candidate’s political party has dropped 5% since April 2013.
Liberal/National voters (50%), Greens voters (60%), those aged 55+ (53%) and university educated (48%) were more likely to say they are influenced by the candidate’s political party.