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Voting behaviour
Q. Thinking about your voting in Federal and State elections, which of the following parties have you voted for over the last 10 years?
Total | Liberal Nation-al | Labor | Greens | One Nation | PUP | Nick Xeno-phon Team | Family First | Other party | Indep-endent | ||
Liberal or National Party | 48% | 100% | 27% | 26% | 52% | 61% | 53% | 44% | 37% | 47% | |
Labor Party | 47% | 26% | 100% | 58% | 43% | 52% | 55% | 49% | 60% | 57% | |
The Greens | 18% | 10% | 22% | 100% | 16% | 21% | 30% | 43% | 33% | 32% | |
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 8% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 100% | 47% | 6% | 13% | 20% | 14% | |
Palmer United Party | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 100% | 4% | 9% | 6% | 3% | |
Nick Xenophon Team | 5% | 5% | 5% | 8% | 3% | 15% | 100% | 27% | 5% | 10% | |
Family First | 3% | 3% | 3% | 8% | 5% | 22% | 19% | 100% | 7% | 7% | |
Some other minor party | 3% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 17% | 4% | 7% | 100% | 12% | |
An independent | 11% | 11% | 13% | 19% | 19% | 22% | 24% | 23% | 39% | 100% | |
Not sure | 7% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
48% of voters said they had voted Liberal/National in the past 10 years, 47% have voted Labor and 18% for the Greens.
13% of voters have voted for both Labor and Liberal/National in last 10 years.
29% have only voted Liberal/National, 23% have only voted Labor and 5% have only voted Greens

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