Q. Thinking about elections, have you taken more or less interest in the US election than the July election in Australia?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
Taken more interest in the US election | 33% | 32% | 37% | 31% | 36% | |
Taken less interest in the US election | 22% | 22% | 24% | 25% | 22% | |
About the same interest | 38% | 40% | 37% | 41% | 38% | |
Don’t know | 6% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 4% |
33% say they took more interest in the US election than the Australian election, 22% took less interest and 38% about the same interest.
Those more likely to take more interest in the US election than the Australian election were aged 18-24 (45%), full-time workers (38%) and incomes over $1,500pw (39%).