What factors influence people’s vote in a state election?

People queuing to give their votes at Castle Hill, Sydney – 25 Mar 2023 (Ricky Kusumo).

People queuing to give their votes at Castle Hill, Sydney – 25 Mar 2023 (Ricky Kusumo).

NSW people have voted to change the government. And the new premier in his victory speech promised that he will govern for all people in the state. What do really people want?


It seems in state elections, local issues are more prominent in people’s mind rather than their ideological principals. As Harry Indriarto and Irwan Santosa, two business owners in Sydney told SBS Audio Indonesian program, that in general people find it hard because of the high living cost, for example.
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