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Greens voters are most likely to be the grinches who stole Christmas, a new poll has found.
An Essential poll looking at voting habits, released on Tuesday, included two questions on voters’ thoughts on Christmas. It found that people who identified as Greens supporters were the least likely to encourage their children to believe in Santa Claus, and the most likely to dislike Christmas.
The poll found that only 68% of Greens voters encouraged their children to believe in Santa.
Labor voters are the most likely to encourage belief in Father Christmas, with 85% supporting Santa, compared with the Coalition’s 81%. Overall, four out of five parents encouraged it.
Coalition voters have the most positive feelings about Christmas, with 86% saying they enjoy Christmas a lot, or enjoy some things about Christmas. That compares with 81% of Labor voters and 76% of Greens voters.
Greens voters are the most likely to dislike Christmas, with 12% saying they did not enjoy the religious and cultural festival at all. By comparison, only 4% of Coalition voters disliked Christmas, and 7% of Labor voters.
The Essential poll surveyed 1,005 people in an online questionnaire, conducted between 10 and 13 December.
Half of all Australians identify themselves as Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian or adherents of the Uniting Church, according to the 2011 census.
