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Likelihood of voting

14 Jan 2013

Q. If voting at elections was voluntary, how likely would you be to vote in the next Federal election?

 

Total

 

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Would definitely vote

58%

61%

67%

67%

Would probably vote

25%

25%

23%

23%

Probably wouldn’t vote

9%

8%

5%

4%

Definitely wouldn’t vote

4%

4%

2%

2%

Don’t know

5%

2%

3%

3%

If voting at elections was voluntary, 83% said they would definitely or probably vote in the next Federal election – 13% said they would probably or definitely not vote.

Those least likely to vote were aged under 45 (17%) and respondents who did not know which party they would vote for (38%).

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