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Interest in news stories

17 Nov 2020

Q. How closely have you been following these news stories in the last fortnight?

The 2020 US election

  Total Gender Age Group Federal Voting Intention
  Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Labor TOTAL: Coalition Greens TOTAL: Other
Very closely 28% 31% 24% 28% 27% 28% 30% 32% 28% 26%
Fairly closely 41% 44% 37% 39% 43% 40% 40% 45% 40% 32%
Not that closely 22% 18% 26% 24% 21% 21% 20% 18% 24% 29%
Not closely at all 10% 7% 12% 9% 9% 11% 9% 5% 7% 13%
TOTAL: CLOSELY 68% 75% 62% 67% 70% 68% 70% 77% 69% 58%
TOTAL: NOT CLOSELY 32% 25% 38% 33% 30% 32% 30% 23% 31% 42%
Base (n) 1,010 479 531 250 383 377 323 404 80 122
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