Miscellany: redistributions, referendums and by-elections (open thread) – The Poll Bludger - News Summed Up

Miscellany: redistributions, referendums and by-elections (open thread) – The Poll Bludger


At state level, a redistribution process was recently initiated in Western Australia and should conclude near the end of the year. However, the main electoral event of the foreseeable future is undoubtedly the Indigenous Voice referendum, which is likely to be held between October and December. The change was concentrated among Coalition supporters: whereas Labor and especially Greens supporters were consistently and strongly in favour, support among Coalition fell from around 45% to 36%. Forced response questions consistently found between 60% and 65% in favour regardless of question wording, while non-binary polls (i.e. Goot notes that forced response polls have found respondents breaking between for and against in similar proportion to the rest, which “confounds the idea that, when push comes to shove, ‘undecided’ voters will necessarily vote no”.


Source: The Guardian April 11, 2023 08:37 UTC



Loading...
Loading...
  

Loading...

                           
/* -------------------------- overlay advertisemnt -------------------------- */