Voting Decision

Q. When do you think you will make your decision about which party to vote for?

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Vote other or indep.	Don’t know/ refused vote
Already decided	51%	61%	65%	53%	32%	3%
Over the next few weeks during the campaign	23%	26%	22%	24%	23%	18%
At the end of the campaign before election day	9%	6%	8%	12%	17%	14%
On election day	10%	5%	4%	5%	26%	29%
Don’t know	7%	2%	1%	5%	3%	36%

 

	Total	Aged 18-34	Aged 35-44	Aged 45-54	Aged 55+
Already decided	51%	38%	44%	53%	66%
Over the next few weeks during the campaign	23%	28%	25%	20%	18%
At the end of the campaign before election day	9%	8%	12%	11%	8%
On election day	10%	10%	13%	12%	6%
Don’t know	7%	16%	6%	3%	1%

51% of respondents said they had already decided which party to vote for and a further 32% said they would decide before election day – 10% will make their decision on election day. 61% of Labor voters and 65% of Liberal voters say they have already decided compared to 53% of Greens voters.

Younger voters are less likely to have decided which party to vote for – only 38% of under 35’s have already decided, 36% will decide before election day, 10% on election day and 16% do not know when they will decide.