Support has fallen below 50% for creating an Indigenous Voice separate from the Australian Parliament in the continent’s most populous state, which will be decided in a referendum on constitutional changes according to a Sydney Morning Herald poll, Sky News Australia reported on July 22.
The Resolve Political Monitor survey showed that this indicator fell from 53% in May-June to 49% in June-July. Support for the initiative also fell in the second most populous state, Victoria, from 56% to 52%.
The data suggests that Tasmania is the only state where a 54% majority of residents support Indigenous Voice, but the sample size was remarkably small. For the third consecutive month, opposition to the creation of a separate Aboriginal structure in three states: Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia.
The June Resolve poll was the first major poll to show a majority disapproving of The Voice and the first to show three states opposing it.
Resolve director Jim Reid said the debate had reached a “tipping point” where proponents of change failed to win a national majority and failed to win a majority of states. “Respondents who voted ‘no’ report being more committed to their choice than voters who voted ‘yes'”– he said.
“Almost all voters have already heard of Golos, but only 30% say they could confidently explain it to someone else. This suggests that the more people who hear about The Voice, the more they vote no, and not understanding the details is probably part of that.”Reid added.
It should be noted that earlier the Australian Institute conducted a survey, according to which the views of the country’s citizens on the issue of the referendum were divided almost in half, with a slight predominance of supporters of the Voice of Indigenous Peoples establishment. At the same time, a clear age division is noticeable: people under 40 tend to vote for a new parliamentary structure, and the younger, more often, and people 40 and older are against it, and older people, less often.
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Source: Rossa Primavera
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