Political party identification is a strong predictor of political behaviour and social attitudes in advanced industrialised democracies. Australian Election Study data show declining identification with major parties over time, and that working-class Australians, those who do not identify with any class, the secular and the politically uninterested are most likely to be non-partisans. However, national samples rarely allow for detailed analysis of younger people, given the low numbers of younger people they contain. Longitudinal data from the Social Futures and Life Pathways (“Our Lives”) project enable us to focus upon young Australians aged 24 living in the state of Queensland. The Queensland data show that younger non-partisans tend to lack post-secondary education, are on lower incomes, are less interested in politics and, importantly, have non-aligned parents. Nationally, non-partisans were less likely than partisans to pay attention to politics during the 2016 Federal Election, but more likely to decide how to vote on the day of the Federal Election and more likely than partisans to vote informal. Younger non-partisans were also less likely to engage in non-electoral political actions, such as signing e-petitions or posting in online forums or social networking sites.

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不依附和不相信：澳大利亚无党派人士

政党认同是先进工业化民主国家政治行为和社会态度的有力预测指标。澳大利亚选举研究数据显示，随着时间的推移，他们对主要政党的认同度下降，而澳大利亚工人阶级、不认同任何阶级、世俗和对政治不感兴趣的人最有可能是无党派人士。然而，国家样本很少允许对年轻人进行详细分析，因为它们包含的年轻人数量很少。来自社会未来和生活路径（“我们的生活”）项目的纵向数据使我们能够专注于生活在昆士兰州的 24 岁的年轻澳大利亚人。昆士兰的数据显示，年轻的无党派人士往往缺乏中学后教育，收入较低，对政治不太感兴趣，更重要的是，有不结盟的父母。在全国范围内，无党派人士在 2016 年联邦选举期间不太可能关注政治，但更有可能在联邦选举当天决定如何投票，并且比党派人士更有可能进行非正式投票。年轻的无党派人士也不太可能参与非选举的政治行动，例如签署电子请愿书或在在线论坛或社交网站上发帖。