Q. Australia has a compulsory voting system. Other nations like the US and UK have voluntary voting. Do you think voting in Federal and State elections should be compulsory or voluntary?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Voting should be compulsory | 66% | 70% | 74% | 72% | 51% | |
| Voting should be voluntary | 27% | 24% | 24% | 21% | 44% | |
| Don’t know | 7% | 6% | 2% | 6% | 5% |
66% thought that voting should be compulsory. Those most likely to think that voting should be compulsory were those aged 65+ (78%) and Liberal/National voters (74%).
27% thought that voting should be voluntary. Those most likely to think that voting should be voluntary were those independent/other party voters (44%), those aged 35-44 (33%) and Queenslanders (33%).