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  • Aug, 2013

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    Shifted voting position

    Q. Since the election campaign began, have you shifted your position on voting in any of the following ways?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Yes, I have changed my mind about who I will vote for

    6%

    6%

    5%

    10%

    Yes, I have become more certain about who I will vote for

    13%

    17%

    8%

    22%

    Yes, I have become less certain about who I will vote for

    11%

    9%

    7%

    18%

    No, I haven’t changed my position at all about who I will vote for

    62%

    63%

    76%

    42%

    Don’t know

    8%

    5%

    3%

    8%

    62% of respondents said they had not changed their voting position since the election campaign began. 6% said they had changed their vote, 13% had become more certain about their vote and 11% less certain. 17% of Labor voters said they had become more certain while 76% of Liberal/National voters had not changed their position at all.

    51% of respondents aged 18-34 had not changed their voting position compared to 65% of those aged 35-54 and 72% of those aged 55+.

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