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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.

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