Candidate quotas is a system in which political parties are penalised for not running a certain percentage of women candidates for office. In 2012 legislation was introduced which would have required parties to field at least 30% women candidates at the next election and 40% at the election after that. If a party failed to meet these thresholds they would lose half of their public funding. Women currently make up 24.7% of the lower house and 38.2% in the upper house. Of 189 developed countries Australia currently ranks 46 out of 189. Proponents of quotas argue that they help promote gender diversity in government and are responsible for a 20% increase in the proportion of women in parliaments worldwide.
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Response rates from 179k Australia voters.
43% Yes |
57% No |
38% Yes |
41% No |
5% Yes, our government should reflect the diversity of our society |
10% No, the most qualified candidate should get the position regardless of gender |
7% No, diversity should be encouraged but not forced |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 179k Australia voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 179k Australia voters.
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Unique answers from Australia voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@4Z95LKV4yrs4Y
Yes & indigenous candidates
@4Z94GH24yrs4Y
no. it is sexist to concentrate on one gender
@8KQTQDK4yrs4Y
It shouldn’t matter the gender as long as there fit for the job
@96JFKYH3yrs3Y
@B3VT9GB1mo1MO
This shouldn't be mandated by the state. How individual parties choose to handle this question should be a metric of how you judge that party.
@B3TRV691mo1MO
This is a distracting non issue when the majority of women in power or who can get into power don't support working class women (the majority of women).
@B3RGH4V1mo1MO
It should not have to be so that women are included as a "percentage" as if they are a employment statistic to meet a specific threshold. They should be involved in politics regardless. Politics should not be gendered, at least not in the way the question is describing it.
@B3QJ8ZF2mos2MO
No, but I believe we shouldn’t have gendered politics, we shouldn’t see the person only their ideals/achievements to make the choice based on merit and not bias based on gender/appearance
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