Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:
“Climate change policy is one of the most important issues in determining my vote at Federal elections”
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total agree | 40% | 51% | 31% | 77% | 24% | |
| Total disagree | 30% | 24% | 37% | 6% | 51% | |
| Strongly agree | 16% | 19% | 8% | 46% | 12% | |
| Agree | 24% | 32% | 23% | 31% | 12% | |
| Neither agree not disagree | 24% | 22% | 27% | 16% | 21% | |
| Disagree | 14% | 13% | 19% | 4% | 16% | |
| Strongly disagree | 16% | 11% | 18% | 2% | 35% | |
| Don’t know | 7% | 3% | 5% | 1% | 3% |
40% agreed that climate change policy is one of the most important issues for them when determining their vote at a federal election, and 30% disagreed.
The statement was agreed with by a majority of Greens voters (77% agree) and Labor voters (51% agree).
More Liberal/National voters disagreed with the statement than agreed with it (31% agree, 37% disagree), and a majority of independent and other party voters disagreed (51% disagree).
Outside of voting intention, those most likely to agree with the statement were those with a University degree (50% agree), those aged 18-29 (49%) and Victorians (47%). Those most likely to disagree with the statement were those aged 65+ (42% disagree) and Western Australians (40%).