Indigenous Voice poll pokes holes in Yes campaign’s claims about First Nation support for referendum

The No campaign has released shocking new data on how Indigenous people intend to vote casting doubt on a major claim made by the Yes campaign.

The Yes23 campaign has repeatedly said that 80 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people support Voice, a figure which has also been used by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

But the No camp said its internal survey of First Nations people shows support for the referendum is much lower than the Yes side claims.

In a February poll, it found Indigenous support for the Voice was at 60 per cent – at a time when overall support in the general community was about the same, at 59 per cent.

By May, the number of Indigenous people supporting the Voice had dropped to 57 per cent and to 54 per cent among all Australians, Sunday Telegraph reported.

With more than 2 million people, including Anthony Albanese (pictured at the Garma Festival with his partner Jodie Haydon), having already voted in the Voice to Parliament referendum, the No campaign has released shocking new data on how Indigenous people intend to vote

The 80 per cent figure is based on January and March polls by Ipsos and YouGov, which found support for the Voice among Indigenous Australians at 80 per cent and 83 per cent respectively.

A spokesman for the No camp said its support figures, ranging from 57 to 60 per cent, rather than 80 to 83 per cent, “disproven the Yes campaign’s claim that Indigenous Australians overwhelmingly support “The voice” – it’s not true.

“It’s a lie that has supported their campaign for months. The experience on the ground is clear – Indigenous Australians are just as divided over the Voice as anyone else.’

The No camp survey was conducted online, which ‘leans towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have access to the internet’ and ‘does not include face-to-face in remote communities’.

But the Ipsos and YouGov polls were also conducted online.

Early voting centers opened in several states on Monday and were all open across Australia until Tuesday due to some jurisdictions having a public holiday.

Like about 2.2 million Australians, Mr.

“Yes for recognition, yes for hearing, yes for better results”, writes Albanese in a post on social networks, accompanied by a photo of him casting his vote in the ballot box together with his son Nathan.

On Friday, he tweeted that “We have eight days to make the greatest country on earth even greater by voting Yes.”

If the Yes vote is successful, The Voice will provide an avenue for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to advise the government on policy and legislation issues that directly affect them.

The latest Newspoll suggested a Yes vote would fail 36 to 56 per cent.

Meanwhile, former Chief Justice of Australia Robert French KC says Australians are ‘better off’ sticking to the No campaign slogan ‘if you don’t know, vote no’, in a speech at the National Press Club on friday.

For months, the Yes23 campaign has consistently said that 80 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people support Voice, a figure that has also been used by the Prime Minister. An Aboriginal smoking ceremony is photographed

“It invites us to an unhappy and meaningless passivity. Australians – whether they vote Yes or No – are better than that,” he said.

‘We look forward. We can also look back to better understand where we came from and where we are now.’

The vast majority of legal experts in Australia say the proposed amendment Australians are voting on is constitutionally sound and will “improve” the system of government, Mr French said.

Daily Mail Australia contacted the Yes23 campaign, but it declined to comment.