Voluntary voting
Q. Voting in Federal and State elections in Australia is compulsory. Would you support or oppose making voting voluntary at Federal and State elections?
|
Total
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Support |
40% |
34% |
43% |
40% |
| Oppose |
49% |
56% |
49% |
53% |
| Don’t know |
11% |
9% |
8% |
8% |
40% support making voting voluntary at Federal and State elections and 49% oppose.
Highest support for voluntary voting was shown by Liberal/National voters (43%), respondents who don’t know which party they would vote for (48%), full-time workers (45%) and respondents aged 25-34 (49%).
Highest opposition to voluntary voting was shown by Labor voters (56%), and respondents aged 55+ (58%).
Likelihood of voting
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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