Out of these two candidates for President, which would you vote for?
President Joseph Cao (Federalist)-51%
Western Democrat (Labor)-40%
Unsure-9%
Out of these two candidates for President, which would you vote for?
President Joseph Cao (Federalist)-51%
Devout Centrist (Labor)-42%
Unsure-7%
Out of these two candidates for President, which would you vote for?
Pericles (Labor)-51%
President Joseph Cao (Federalist)-40%
Unsure-9%
If you can think of someone, please write the person you would most like to see elected President of Atlasia in October. (26 responses)
Joseph Cao-6 respondents
Pericles-2 respondents
Olawakandi-2 respondents
weatherboy1102-2 respondents
Western Democrat-2 respondents
AGA-1 respondent
Antonio V-1 respondent
CalamityBlue-1 respondent
"Clueless"-1 respondent
DTC-1 respondent
HCP-1 respondent
Heat-1 respondent
ReaganClinton-1 respondent
Scott-1 respondent
theflyingmongoose-1 respondent
thumb21-1 respondent
Tim Turner-1 respondent
West_Midlander-1 respondent
Which party/bloc's candidate(s) do you plan to first preference in the Senate elections?
Labor-42%*
Federalist-24%
Democratic Alliance-16%
Unsure-18%
Out of these three options, which best describes your political views?
Left-wing/progressive-53%
Centrist/moderate-25%
Conservative/right-wing-13%
Other-9%**
What is your position on the budget deficit?
"The federal budget deficit is not an issue for Atlasia"-47%
"The federal budget deficit should be reduced/brought to surplus, even if it means tax increases or spending cuts"-38%
Unsure-15%
Should the Atlasian government implement a Green New Deal?
Yes-60%
No-24%
Unsure-16%
Should abortion be legal in every state pre-viability?
Yes-51%
No-22%
Unsure-27%
Atlasia is set for a close and partisan election. This can be seen from the Labor candidates polling closely to their party's vote share. That said, there does appear to be more attachment to the old Labor Party brand, based on the support for the former President. The safest thing to say is that this election will not be safe for either party. Ideologically, the electorate leans to the left. However, the Federalist Party may benefit from shifting the debate towards their traditional economic messaging, rather than again being wedged by cultural issues, or raising the salience of non-policy issues.
With recent volatility in the voting habits, composition and turnout rates of the electorate, determining what a representative sample is has been difficult. It is a good sign though that, of those respondents who voted in the June presidential election, 53% voted for the President over the two left-wing tickets, which is very close to his actual 52% vote share.
*Includes RevCom, otherwise 40%
**"Center-right populist", "Distributist", "Secular Hobbesian Meritocratic Libertarian Capitalist", "Left-wing conservative"
