You are what you eat? Do voters who like to have traditional meals at home live in National Party territory where they like their beef? That’s what Crikey has set out to analyse today in our demographic snapshot of Australia.
We’re drilling down into data from Roy Morgan Research to see if there’s any correlation between food habits and voting intention. A man’s way to his heart is through his stomach, after all.
Our Roy Morgan Top 25 finds that residents of regional seats like traditional tucker at home, along with people in blue collar burbs. They like organic food best in Sydney’s inner west, across the CBD in Turnbull territory and up on the NSW north coast. Cossie’s electors are a cosmopolitan lot – or have wide-ranging palates, anyway. They’re most likely to agree with the proposition “I like food from all over the world.”
And where do you find voters who say that their pets are fussy eaters? That’s harder to draw any conclusions from. They live in Wakefield in South Australia – a seat that takes in both the wineries and restaurants of the Clare Valley and the public housing homes of ten pound Poms in Adelaide’s north, in Sydney’s Hillsong territory and, in Victoria, the electorates that return Sophie Mirabella and Julia Gillard. Hmm…
Crikey’s key seats – the 49 seats we believe will decide the federal election — are marked with an asterisk.
More details are available from Electorate Profiles on the Roy Morgan Online Store.
Percentage of electors who agree with the statement: “I like to have traditional meals at home”.
Electorate |
% of Electors |
2PP Pre-Rudd |
2PP Post-Rudd |
Blair (Qld) |
77.08% |
LNP 41.5%, |
LNP 39.5%, |
Groom (Qld) |
76.80% |
LNP 59%, |
LNP 48.5%, |
Calwell (Vic) |
76.51% |
LNP 36%, |
LNP 24.5%, |
Riverina (NSW) |
75.61% |
LNP 55%, |
LNP 48.5%, |
Rankin (Qld) |
74.71% |
LNP 41%, |
LNP 34%, |
Murray (Vic) |
74.65% |
LNP 60%, |
LNP 61.5%, |
Werriwa (NSW) |
74.49% |
LNP 43.5%, |
LNP 34.5%, |
Gorton (Vic) |
74.02% |
LNP 34%, |
LNP 33.5%, |
Lyons (Tas) |
73.96% |
LNP 44%, |
LNP 40.5%, |
Holt (Vic) |
73.96% |
LNP 40.5%, |
LNP 37.5%, |
Wakefield (SA) |
73.88% |
LNP 32.5%, |
LNP 32%, |
Charlton (NSW) |
73.56% |
LNP 39%, |
LNP 38.5%, |
Mallee (Vic) |
73.42% |
LNP 56%, |
LNP 55.5%, |
Greenway (NSW) |
73.23% |
LNP 55.5%, |
LNP 34%, |
Wannon (Vic) |
72.83% |
LNP 57.5%, |
LNP 48%, |
Farrer (NSW) |
72.79% |
LNP 49%, |
LNP 50%, |
Hasluck (WA) |
72.45% |
LNP 53%, |
LNP 37%, |
Prospect (NSW) |
71.92% |
LNP 42.5%, |
LNP 43.5%, |
Kingston (SA) |
71.77% |
LNP 44%, |
LNP 38%, |
O’Connor (WA) |
71.77% |
LNP 61.5%, |
LNP 57.5%, |
Barker (SA) |
71.72% |
LNP 57.5%, |
LNP 48.5%, |
Braddon (Tas) |
71.67% |
LNP 49.5%, |
LNP 44%, |
Maranoa (Qld) |
71.06% |
LNP 55.5%, |
LNP 60%, |
Dawson (Qld) |
70.67% |
LNP 41.5%, |
LNP 32.5%, |
Throsby (NSW) |
70.61% |
LNP 34.5%, |
LNP 27%, |
Percentage of electors who agree “I try to buy organic food whenever I can”
Electorate |
% of |
2PP |
2PP |
Grayndler (NSW) |
36.56% |
LNP 22.5%, |
LNP 14%, |
Wentworth (NSW) |
35.50% |
LNP 49%, |
LNP 41%, |
Richmond (NSW) |
33.21% |
LNP 47%, |
LNP 40%, |
Melbourne (Vic) |
33.18% |
LNP 28%, |
LNP 23%, |
Watson (NSW) |
31.97% |
LNP 45%, |
LNP 38.5%, |
Blaxland (NSW) |
30.45% |
LNP 41.5%, |
LNP 33%, |
Deakin (Vic) |
30.44% |
LNP 54%, |
LNP 52.5%, |
Batman (Vic) |
29.84% |
LNP 29%, |
LNP 28.5%, |
McMillan (Vic) |
29.70% |
LNP 54.5%, |
LNP 47%, |
Forrest (WA) |
28.62% |
LNP 52%, |
LNP 41%, |
Wide Bay (Qld) |
28.60% |
LNP 55%, |
LNP 38%, |
Sydney (NSW) |
28.56% |
LNP 26.5%, |
LNP 20.5%, |
Fairfax (Qld) |
28.26% |
LNP 52.5%, |
LNP 47.5%, |
Port Adelaide (SA) |
27.71% |
LNP 32%, |
LNP 25%, |
Adelaide (SA) |
27.40% |
LNP 41%, |
LNP 43%, |
Hotham (Vic) |
27.19% |
LNP 45%, |
LNP 39.5%, |
Lyne (NSW) |
26.86% |
LNP 58.5%, |
LNP 59%, |
Fremantle (WA) |
26.84% |
LNP 34%, |
LNP 27.5%, |
Franklin (Tas) |
26.74% |
LNP 45%, |
LNP 41%, |
Melbourne Ports (Vic) |
26.64% |
LNP 37.5%, |
LNP 33%, |
Gorton (Vic) |
26.23% |
LNP 34%, |
LNP 33.5%, |
Wannon (Vic) |
26.22% |
LNP 57.5%, |
LNP 48%, |
Pearce (WA) |
25.82% |
LNP 55%, |
LNP 50.5%, |
Curtin (WA) |
25.81% |
LNP 61.5%, |
LNP 46.5%, |
Stirling (WA) |
25.60% |
LNP 53%, |
LNP 48.5%, |
Percentage of electors who agree “I enjoy food from all over the world”
Electorate |
% of Electors |
2PP |
2PP |
Higgins (Vic) |
83.97% |
LNP 50.5%, |
LNP 43.5%, |
Melbourne (Vic) |
82.47% |
LNP 28%, |
LNP 23%, |
Kooyong (Vic) |
80.79% |
LNP 52.5%, |
LNP 48%, |
Ryan (Qld) |
80.25% |
LNP 53.5%, |
LNP 44.5%, |
Sydney (NSW) |
79.38% |
LNP 26.5%, |
LNP 20.5%, |
Canberra (ACT) |
79.10% |
LNP 39%, |
LNP 33.5%, |
Melbourne Ports (Vic) |
78.68% |
LNP 37.5%, |
LNP 33%, |
Fraser (ACT) |
77.90% |
LNP 36.5%, |
LNP 28%, |
Menzies (Vic) |
76.76% |
LNP 58%, |
LNP 50.5%, |
Fremantle (WA) |
76.72% |
LNP 34%, |
LNP 27.5%, |
Solomon (NT) |
76.56% |
LNP 52%, |
LNP 35.5%, |
North Sydney (NSW) |
76.25% |
LNP 58%, |
LNP 52.5%, |
Moreton (Qld) |
76.23% |
LNP 51%, |
LNP 34%, |
Mitchell (NSW) |
75.36% |
LNP 68.5%, |
LNP 53%, |
Chisolm (Vic) |
74.65% |
LNP 43%, |
LNP 48%, |
Stirling (WA) |
74.61% |
LNP 53%, |
LNP 48.5%, |
Jagajaga (Vic) |
74.47% |
LNP 50.5%, |
LNP 34.5%, |
Goldstein (Vic) |
74.33% |
LNP 53%, |
LNP 42%, |
Wentworth (NSW) |
74.08% |
LNP 49%, |
LNP 41%, |
Griffith (Qld) |
74.04% |
LNP 44.5%, |
LNP 32.5%, |
Wills (Vic) |
73.99% |
LNP 32.5%, |
LNP 22.5%, |
Adelaide (SA) |
73.93% |
LNP 41%, |
LNP 43%, |
Deakin (Vic) |
73.92% |
LNP 54%, |
LNP 52.5%, |
Bradfield (NSW) |
73.83% |
LNP 65%, |
LNP 62.5%, |
Hotham (Vic) |
73.71% |
LNP 45%, |
LNP 39.5%, |
Percentage of electors who agree “My pet is a fussy eater”
Electorate |
% of Electors |
2PP |
2PP |
Wakefield (SA) |
34.79% |
LNP 32.5%, |
LNP 32%, |
Greenway (NSW) |
34.65% |
LNP 55.5%, |
LNP 34%, |
Indi (Vic) |
34.28% |
LNP 51.5%, |
LNP 58%, |
Lalor (Vic) |
33.41% |
LNP 37%, |
LNP 36.5%, |
La Trobe (Vic) |
31.97% |
LNP 52.5%, |
LNP 48%, |
Maribyrnong (Vic) |
30.97% |
LNP 41%, |
LNP 24%, |
Grey (SA) |
30.28% |
LNP 41%, |
LNP 45%, |
Page (NSW) |
29.50% |
LNP 52%, |
LNP 41%, |
McMillan (Vic) |
28.82% |
LNP 54.5%, |
LNP 47%, |
Fadden (Qld) |
28.15% |
LNP 54.5%, |
LNP 49.5%, |
Hunter (NSW) |
27.65% |
LNP 38.5%, |
LNP 35%, |
Corio (Vic) |
27.61% |
LNP 39.5%, |
LNP 31%, |
Bass (Tas) |
27.45% |
LNP 43%, |
LNP 45%, |
Isaacs (Vic) |
27.29% |
LNP 45.5%, |
LNP 37%, |
Throsby (NSW) |
27.19% |
LNP 34.5%, |
LNP 27%, |
Farrer (NSW) |
27.18% |
LNP 49%, |
LNP 50%, |
Parkes (NSW) |
27.14% |
LNP 51%, |
LNP 40%, |
Cowan (WA) |
27.13% |
LNP 49.5%, |
LNP 38%, |
Mallee (Vic) |
26.77% |
LNP 56%, |
LNP 55.5%, |
Hume (NSW) |
26.55% |
LNP 44%, |
LNP 43.5%, |
Fairfax (Qld) |
26.43% |
LNP 52.5%, |
LNP 47.5%, |
Bendigo (Vic) |
26.29% |
LNP 45.5%, |
LNP 41%, |
Eden-Monaro (NSW) |
26.20% |
LNP 49.5%, |
LNP 35%, |
Ballarat (Vic) |
26.15% |
LNP 44.5%, |
LNP 47.5%, |
Wills (Vic) |
25.91% |
LNP 32.5%, |
LNP 22.5%, |
Pre Rudd polling covers January-Dec 2006; post Rudd January-June 2007.
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