When voting decision was made

Q. When did you make your decision about which party to vote for in the Federal election?

	Total		Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Vote other		2013 election
More than 4 weeks before the election	54%		51%	62%	57%	46%		66%
2-4 weeks before the election	15%		18%	13%	12%	18%		13%
In the last week before the election	14%		15%	12%	15%	13%		10%
The day before the election	4%		4%	4%	5%	1%		4%
The day of the election but before I went to vote	3%		1%	4%	3%	3%		1%
When I got to the polling booth	4%		4%	2%	3%	10%		3%
Don’t know	6%		8%	3%	4%	9%		2%

54% made up their mind about which party to vote for more than 4 weeks before the election. 33% made up their mind during the election campaign and 7% on election day.

Liberal/National voters were more likely to have decided more than 4 weeks before the election compared to 51% of Labor voters. 37% of Labor voters made their decision during the election campaign compared to 29% of Liberal/National voters.