Voice 2023: More than one-third ‘unsure’ about whether to support the Voice

Yes campaign volunteers will concentrate doorknocking in Western Sydney this weekend, hoping to sway the one-third of voters who are undecided about the referendum.

More than a third of NSW residents doorknocked by Yes campaigners have indicated they are still unsure whether they will vote in support of a Voice to Parliament, according to Yes23.

With a significant portion of the undecided group residing in Western Sydney or from a multicultural background, it will be a major focus of Yes campaign efforts this weekend.

Yes23 calculates its volunteers have doorknocked an estimated 30,000 households across NSW over late July and August, with efforts to be bolstered from this weekend, especially in the seats of Lindsay, Macquarie and McMahon.

Across the state, there will be 118 events held this weekend, including 44 in the bush and 30 in Western Sydney.

An army of Yes23 volunteers will also be targeting seats held by the Teal independents and those on Sydney’s northern beaches.

Yes23 Campaign director Dean Parkin, (l to r) former MP Julie Bishop and Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong drum up support in Perth. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Philip Gostelow

Staff will set up in shopping malls and weekend markets as 22 groups of volunteers hit the streets doorknocking.

Complementing the doorknockers, the Yes campaign will also have 49 other crews assembled in different parts of the state to simply interact and talk to voters about the referendum.

Yes23 has recruited more than 30,000 volunteers for its campaign, with almost 10,000 from NSW.

With 39 per cent of voters unsure how they will vote, the Yes campaign believes it still have a chance of success.

According to Yes23, 44 per cent of residents who were doorknocked indicated they would be voting Yes, while 18 per cent said No.

Yes23 campaign director Dean Parkin said volunteers would be focused on the undecided NSW voters.

“There is a lot of positivity and a willingness to vote Yes when we talk people through what is being proposed,” he said.

“There are still some people in NSW who haven’t made up their mind yet — they’re the ones we will be looking to reach in the coming weeks.”

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Originally published as Voice 2023: More than one-third ‘unsure’ about whether to support the Voice