Q. When you vote in Federal and State elections, how important are the following in deciding who you vote for?
| Very import-ant | Quite import-ant | Not very import-ant | Not at all import-ant | Don’t know | Very import-ant Vote Labor | Very import-ant Vote Lib/Nat | Very import-ant Vote Greens | Very import-ant Vote other | ||
| The parties’ policies | 55% | 32% | 7% | 1% | 5% | 58% | 53% | 63% | 63% | |
| The party leaders | 28% | 45% | 17% | 4% | 5% | 26% | 32% | 23% | 35% | |
| The local candidates | 27% | 44% | 18% | 5% | 6% | 30% | 26% | 27% | 29% |
55% think that the parties’ policies are very important in deciding who to vote for, while 28% think the party leaders are very important and 27% think the local candidate is very important.
Greens and other voters are more likely to think policies are very important while LNP and other voters were a little more likely to think the party leaders are very important.