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Protest Activity
Q. Have you personally ever taken part in any of the following…?
Total | Gender | Age | ||||
Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | ||
Signed an online petition | 44% | 39% | 48% | 45% | 44% | 42% |
Signed a written petition | 39% | 37% | 41% | 33% | 34% | 50% |
Attended a march or rally | 17% | 18% | 16% | 24% | 12% | 16% |
Gone on strike from work | 13% | 18% | 8% | 13% | 10% | 14% |
Signed up to an online political campaign | 10% | 11% | 10% | 16% | 9% | 7% |
None of these | 37% | 39% | 35% | 31% | 41% | 39% |
NET: Any of these | 63% | 61% | 65% | 69% | 59% | 61% |
Base (n) | 1,075 | 526 | 549 | 327 | 371 | 377 |
- Almost two-thirds (63%) of people have ever participated in a protest activity – either attending a strike or rally, or signing up to a petition or campaign.
- Signing online and written petitions are the most popular forms of protest (44% and 39% respectively have done this). Less than a fifth have ever a march or rally (17%) and 13% have been on strike.
- Women are more likely than men to have signed petitions (48% to 39% for online petitions and 41% to 37% for written petitions), while men are more likely to have been on strike (18% to 8%).
- People aged 18-34 are more likely than other to have attended a protest or rally (24% compared to 14% of those aged 35+).
Total | Voting Intention | ||||
Labor | Coalition | Greens | NET: Other | ||
Signed an online petition | 44% | 43% | 37% | 71% | 59% |
Signed a written petition | 39% | 37% | 39% | 51% | 50% |
Attended a march or rally | 17% | 16% | 13% | 43% | 21% |
Gone on strike from work | 13% | 17% | 10% | 12% | 12% |
Signed up to an online political campaign | 10% | 11% | 9% | 18% | 13% |
None of these | 37% | 38% | 39% | 18% | 31% |
NET: Any of these | 63% | 62% | 61% | 82% | 69% |
Base (n) | 1,075 | 325 | 377 | 107 | 155 |
- Greens voters are most likely to have participated in any activity (82%), with signing online petitions (71%), written petitions (51%) and attending marches or rallies (43%) being most popular.
- Those with a university education are more likely to have participated in protest activities are (69% to 60% of all others). They are more likely to have attended a march or rally (24% to 14%), gone on strike (18% to 10%) and signed up to an online campaign (16% to 8%).
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Two Party Preferred: 14 May 2019
Labor
51.5%-0.5
Coalition
48.5%+0.5
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