One in 10 would vote differently in election


MORE than one in 10 voters would have voted differently had they known Australia was headed towards a hung parliament, according to a new poll.

The nationwide poll of 1000 voters was conducted from Friday to Sunday for the public affairs company Ogilvy Illumination and came at the end of a week without any indication as to who would govern Australia.

It found that 13 per cent of voters would change their vote if they went to the polls again.

Voters have the power to reform the system.

One in 10 voters would change their choice... Photo: Reuters

This, the pollster said, would be ''more than enough to result in a substantially changed federal parliament were Australians to be called back to the polls in the near future''.

It found those aged between 18 and 24 were most inclined to change their vote, 18 per cent of them saying they would choose differently if given another chance.

Voters in NSW and Queensland, the states which recorded the biggest swings against the Labor government, were also more inclined than those in other states to vote differently the second time around.

The four independents mulling over who to support in a minority government have not ruled out walking away from the whole process and making the country have another election should they be unsatisfied with the intent of the negotiations.

The Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, has been accused by the Greens leader, Bob Brown, of spoiling for another election. Mr Abbott has publicly rejected this.

The poll did not indicate which party would benefit should there be another election. Labor suffered the most from changed voter behaviour on August 21 with a large swag of votes going directly to the Greens. It suffered a 5 percentage point swing against it on the primary vote, of which 3.6 per cent went to the Greens and 0.6 per cent went to the Liberals.

Verge wrote on Aug 31^st, 2010 at 7:45pm:

Ha ha.  Standing in line for an hour and a half is worth less than a 20 buck fine for not turning up? 

longweekend58 wrote on Aug 31^st, 2010 at 8:42pm:


Shirley you can't be serious!?

As reckless and arrogant as even Tony Abbott is, I doubt that his party will actively precipitate a new election without due regard to polls which explore the possibility that people may swing back to the Labs...

It'ld be hard to say who might benefit from a revote.
It would end up the same !!!!!!!!!!!

djrb - asians and arabs ???
Asians are in govt - penny wong the rug muncher.
arabs are hooknosed shite.

Tell you what  I would  kicked the a## of a few  friends whom 'some'  voted for the first time,   being  the 18 to 20 year old age group. (And only because the election is now so close) , but they voted for Abbott because he has Hot looking  daughters ...

Shows me that 'some' people aren't meant to even vote. lol.

No worse than the people that voted ALP because Gillard is supposedly a woman.
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Woe, well I see it a big difference.

Voting for a woman is far more 'meaning' than voting for hot daughters.

You should be thankful Vegi, the greens got a lot of preferences from the sex party, however in the lunchroom the other day I was the only one able to explain what they stood for.

It appears many thought they were voting for the opportunity to have Senators ask their wives to give them more of it.