DemosAU
Australian polling and market-research company
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DemosAU is an Australian based polling, market and social research organisation part of the Australian Polling Council,[2] known for its opinion polling, political and social research, and its use of multilevel regression and post‑stratification (MRP) modelling to better project public opinions from the data collected from the general population.
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| Industry | Social, political and market research |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2023[a] |
| Founders | George Hasanakos and Evan Schwarten |
| Headquarters | Brisbane , Australia |
Area served | Australia |
Key people | George Hasanakos (Head of Research) and Evan Schwarten |
| Products |
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| Services | Market research , Opinion polling |
| Website | demosau |
Foundation
DemosAU is currently directed by George Hasanakos and Evan Schwarten, it was founded in 2023.[citation needed]
Hasanakos is the Head of Research at DemosAU[3] and has worked closely as a political advisor to the Queensland Premier[who?] Treasurer and Speaker of the Queensland Parliament.[citation needed]
DemosAU began publicly releasing federal election voting intention polls in 2024. DemosAU's first opinion poll was a voting intention poll for the Voice to Parliament referendum and was released on 26 September 2023.[4]
Products and services
DemosAU is a polling company that focuses on tracking the voting intention of Australians, the Australian Wellbeing Index (AWI), and how much Australians trust national institutions. The organisation conducts research into the trust in Australia's national institutions.[5][6]
Voting intention polling
Intention polling carried out by the organisation includes:
- Opinion polling for the next Australian federal election
- Opinion polling for the 2025 Australian federal election
- Electorate opinion polling and projections for the next Australian federal election
- Electorate opinion polling and projections for the 2025 Australian federal election
- 2027 New South Wales state election
- Opinion polling for the 2028 Queensland state election
- Opinion polling for the 2026 Victorian state election
