The Stable Population Party engaged independent research company McCrindle Research1 to conduct a national omnibus survey of over 1000 Australians last week, and found that 38 per cent would consider voting for the party.
Australian electors were asked whether they would consider voting for the Stable Population Party at this year’s Federal Election. The results were: Yes 38% No 40% Can’t say 22%
This is around double the potential support of Julian Assange’s Wikileaks Party, Katter’s Australian Party and Palmer United Party. The same poll conducted by Roy Morgan Research in June 2013 shows that the Wikileaks Party only has 21% of Australian electors saying they would consider voting for Julian Assange’s new party; 16% say they’d consider voting for Katter’s Australian Party and 16% the Palmer United Party heading into the 2013 Federal Election.2
In a record field of over 50 minor parties, the Stable Population Party has emerged as one to watch. No other minor party has polled this well. The Stable Population Party will stand candidates for the Senate in every state and territory, and key local seats including Lindsay, Melbourne and Brisbane.
“This result is very encouraging and shows why The Greens, Labor and The Coalition are trying to bury the population issue. They see us as a threat, particularly since 70 percent of Australians reject a ‘big Australia’3,” said William Bourke, President and NSW Senate candidate for the SPP.
“Three years on from an election dominated by concerns about population growth, we’re still on track for a ‘big Australia’ of over 36 million by 2050. In fact Labor has ramped up population growth to the point where we’ll reach over 40 million in the same period. Tony Abbott is on record as calling for ‘as many people as possible’4 to live in Australia, but it seems just not asylum seekers.
“Population growth is now the underlying issue linked to all of Australia’s major problems. It’s time to think better, not bigger. No other party provides a stable population choice.
“A stable population will help relieve infrastructure, ease cost of living pressures, protect our environment, promote education and job training, and minimise overdevelopment. We won’t resolve any of our major problems until we first resolve the everything issue – population.
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SPP candidates: http://www.populationparty.org.au/Population-Party-Election-Candidates
1 http://www.mccrindle.com.au/
2 http://www.roymorgan.com/findings/wikileaks-katter-palmer-june7-201306070426
3 http://www.news.com.au/tablet/massive-thumbs-down-for-big-australia/story-fnehlez2-1226560309280
4 http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2010/s2799547.htm
