If you didn’t already know, there’s a federal election being held on Saturday, 18 May 2019. If you’re an Australian citizen aged 18 years or older, you must be correctly enrolled by 8pm local time Thursday, 18 April 2019. That’s like tomorrow if you’re listening to this the day I released this video. Please enrol if you wish to participate in the wonder that is Australian democracy! With regard to the most important voter issues, the Australian ABC is currently conducting a survey called Vote Compass which tracks respondents’ views to a whole range of issues. The data used in this video was based on 119,516 respondents to Vote Compass between April 10 and April 14, 2019.
First, let’s take a look at the top five issues for each party in alphabetical order.
Australian Greens’ voters unsurprising have the environment on their mind. 63% indicated the environment as their number one issue. Immigration and refugees came in second at 7%. Poverty and inequality was next at 6%, and the economy and energy both came in at 5%.
Australian Labor Party supporters also saw the environment as a major issue at 40%, not quite as high as the Greens. The economy came in next at 11%, followed by healthcare, 11%, superannuation and pensions, 9%, and employment at 8%.
So I guess both these parties you could call the left-leaning side of politics in Australia. The Greens are obviously further left than the centre-left ALP.
Now onto the right-side of politics.
Supporters for the centre-right party, the Liberal-National Coalition, saw the economy as the major issue at 44%. The environment came in second at 10%. Superannuation and pensions, 10%. Healthcare, 7%, and in fifth place, government accountability at 6%
Voters for the right-wing populist party, Pauline Hanson's One Nation, saw that Immigration and refugees was the number one issue at 32%. The economy came in second at 16%. Superannuation and pensions, 10%. Security, 7%, and housing and cost of living came in fifth at 6%.
So overall in 2019, these are the top issues: environment, economy, healthcare, superannuation and pensions, employment, immigration and refugees, government accountability, education, poverty and inequality, and housing and cost of living. Comparing this with the last election in 2016, we can see that the environment has become a major concern for many Australians. It’s increased from 9% to 29%. Concern for the economy is around the same at 25% in 2016 to 23% now. Concern for healthcare has lowered, as has superannuation and pensions. One issue that does stand out is education. It’s decreased from 12% in 2016 to 5% this year.
Now let’s look at the top four voter issues by age category.
Young people (aged 18-34) understandably saw the environment as the number one issue at 39%. The economy came in second at 18%. Immigration and refugees, 7%, and employment, 6%.
For 35-54 year-olds, the economy was their number one concern at 27%, followed closely by the environment at 26%. Employment was next at 7%, followed by healthcare, also at 7%.
For the older generation (those aged 55 and above), the environment was their number one concern at 25%, followed closely by the economy at 24%. Superannuation and pensions was next at 12%, with healthcare coming in fourth at 10%.
And they’re the issues most worrying Australians. Remember, if you’re 18 years old and haven’t enrolled to vote yet, you’ve got till tomorrow, 8pm local time Thursday, 18 April 2019. I’ll put a link to the Australian Electoral Commission website below. Cheers.
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