Series[UMA-SRE-20130018] Tabulated poll dataAccession[2013.0008] Papers of Irving David SaulwickIdentifierUMA-ITE-2013001800071Scope and ContentSAUL00518 Computer tabulated statistical data for Age Poll, printed on continuous feed paper. Separate paper feeds relating to a number of different polls have been removed from a plastic data binder and rehoused across seven archival folders (SAUL00514 - SAUL00520).
Part five contains a data report generated under the header 'Beacon Opinion Poll (Saulwick-Weller) - November 29/30 1975 - Processing by Computab'. The top sheet is inscribed 'November 1975'.
SAUL00518 consists of table index (attached at rear of report) and data tables relating to an Age Poll surveying public opinion in the lead up to the 1975 Federal election, precipitated by the dismissal of the Labor government by the Governor General, Sir John Kerr. Contains tables for:
- most important election issue in deciding vote (pensions & social services; strikes and union power; refusal of Senate to pass supply; inflation; inefficiency in government; unemployment; dismissal of Whitlam government; foreign policy and defence)
- the economy
- support for the action of the Governor General (the Whitlam dismissal)
- popularity of the Prime Minister (Fraser) and leaders of the Labor and Country parties (Whitlam; Anthony)
- political affiliation
- strength of political affliation
- voting intention and history
- interest in election campaign
- party predicted to win the election
- analysis of voting intention for the House of Represenattives, by electorate.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2013.0018 Unit 0013
Saulwick, Irving D., 1975 Part 5 of 7 (November 1975-November 1975), [UMA-ITE-2013001800071]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 18/03/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/327361
