Q. Would you support or oppose Australia becoming a republic with an Australian head of state?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Jan 2017 | |||
Total support | 44% | 54% | 45% | 56% | 32% | 44% | ||
Total oppose | 29% | 19% | 37% | 21% | 46% | 30% | ||
Strongly support | 18% | 27% | 13% | 25% | 14% | 21% | ||
Support | 26% | 27% | 32% | 31% | 18% | 23% | ||
Oppose | 14% | 9% | 18% | 11% | 23% | 18% | ||
Strongly oppose | 15% | 10% | 19% | 10% | 23% | 12% | ||
No opinion | 26% | 27% | 18% | 23% | 22% | 26% |
44% support Australia becoming a republic with an Australian head of state and 29% oppose. 26% have no opinion. These results are almost identical to when this question was asked 12 months ago.
Those most likely to support were Labor voters (54%), Greens voters (56%), men (51%) and university educated (52%).
Those most likely to oppose were Liberal/National voters (37%), other party voters (46%) and aged 65+ (44%).