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Voting decision

5 Aug 2013

Q. Thinking about the Federal election to be held this year, when do you expect you will make your final decision about who you will vote for?

 

Total

 

 

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Other party

Don’t know

I have already decided

53%

55%

69%

36%

29%

8%

During the election campaign

15%

19%

12%

24%

18%

6%

In the last week before the election

12%

11%

9%

15%

25%

7%

The day before the election

3%

4%

2%

9%

1%

2%

On the day of the election

8%

7%

4%

9%

20%

18%

Don’t know

9%

5%

4%

8%

7%

60%

53% say they have already decided who they will be voting for in the Federal election, 30% will finally make up their mind at some stage before election day and 8% will decide on election day.

Those least likely to have made up their mind were aged 18-24 (33%), Greens voters (36%), other party/independent voters (29%) and respondents with university education (48%).

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