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ARTWORK: Rose Dixon-Campbell
How ANU Students Voted in the 2022 Federal Election Dan Crane
Shortly after the election, Woroni surveyed over 400 ANU students, both on and off-campus to determine a rough picture of how the ANU voted in the 2022 Federal Election. We all have our theories about each of the colleges. Is Burgmann College ruled by a cabal of Liberal Party elites? Is Burton and Garran Hall (B&G) truly a greenie paradise? Does Toad Hall even exist? Thankfully, we finally have the answers to your burning questions. The stereotype of B&G residents as Greens voters is probably true, as it is of all other ANU colleges. Climate change dwarfed all other election issues for ANU students in the election. The median voter at ANU is a Greens voter who regards climate change as the most important issue in every college apart from Burgmann. Burgmann has a much larger proportion of Labor voters than other Colleges. Finally, the ascendency of independents in the ACT such as David Pocock was evident, as those who lived off campus tended to favour minor parties in the Senate.
Climate change was by far the most important issue to ANU students across all colleges. In fact, climate change received almost six times as many responses as the next answer (cost of living). This may somewhat explain why the greens, who made up roughly 12 per cent of the vote nationally and 19 per cent in the ACT, attracted 55 per cent of the votes from our respondents.
