Since the Australian election some have been worried that Australian voters seem unconcerned about climate change. However,
ABC's Vote Compass shows the opposite.
While not many people changed the party they vote for, they are ready for (and expect) more climate action.
How much should we do?
The proportion of people saying we should do more has reached an all-time high. Also, the number of undecideds has decreased each election.
Cross-party support
Across the four biggest parties, each party's supporters want more action rather than less. The highest are Greens (99-0) and Labor (96-0) supporters. A bit further back are Coalition supporters (59-13) and One Nation supporters (40-34).
Whilst some parties seem opposed to more action, every party's supporters think we should be doing more.
What about policies?
Renewable energy is immensely popular with 86% of people saying there should be more of it.
The price on carbon emissions was abandoned by the current government. Yet still 68% of people agree with the Greens policy to bring it back.
Electric cars are also a popular idea with 72% saying that the government should do more to increase the number of electric cars in Australia.
What does it mean?
Despite the increasing desire for action on climate change, the votes of all the parties remained almost identical to the last election. Perhaps people are sticking with their preferred party, but expecting them to do more.
It's interesting that we seem to be in favour of policies that politicians seems less keen to introduce. Will this be something they notice and begin to act upon? Or could this possible be the effect of political donations by companies that profit from polluting?
