It may seem like an obvious question, but what do Queensland voters actually want from this historic election?

What are the issues that will most influence the way people vote?

No matter what happens on November 25, we are in uncharted waters: 93 MPs will be elected — up from 89 — in the first expansion of Parliament in 32 years.

And fixed terms begin now, so we know that the next term will be just under three years, with the following election date already set for October 31, 2020.

But the main point is this: after chopping and changing from Labor to the LNP and back to (minority) Labor in the past three elections, who do voters want to run the state?

A fickle electorate

Voters have not liked or trusted either side enough to stick with them recently.

In 2009, Labor won with 42 per cent of the primary vote, was demolished in 2012 with 27 per cent, then only three years later scraped back in with 37 per cent.

The LNP came close in 2009 with 41 per cent, romped home in 2012 with almost 50 per cent, and then collapsed back to 41 per cent in 2015.

Queensland LNP leader Tim Nicholls is hoping to turn the tables on the ALP at the state election. ( AAP: Darren England )

Not picking and settling on a government in Queensland has confused legislation and interrupted planning for major projects, with trains a classic example.

Bligh Labor's Cross River Rail plan was replaced with a bus-and-train tunnel by the Newman LNP government, before Labor under Annastacia Palaszczuk went back to a version of the first plan - which could be scrapped again if the LNP wins.

On the floor of the topsy turvy Parliament, various bits of legislation have been passed, then scrapped and then reintroduced since 2009 - for example on tree clearing, bikie crime and industrial relations.

So in this campaign, the incumbent Labor Government will pitch for stability, asking to be allowed to settle in — with a majority this time — to get stuff done.

The LNP will argue it has learned its lessons from 2015 to deserve another comeback, and the Palaszczuk Government did not do enough with its unexpected return to warrant a second term.

Queensland Labor leader Annastacia Palaszczuk on election night in Brisbane on January 31, 2015. ( ABC )

Antony Green made an interesting point after the turmoil of 2012 to 2015:

"The 2015 election has produced a remarkable result, but history may look back and view the 2015 election as a restoration of normal voting patterns," he said. "History will view the 2012 election as the aberrant result, a temporary deviation from long-term party voting patterns."

Will voters go with long-term patterns in 2017, or will the revolving door into One William Street spin faster?

Even if the electorate is decisive, the result could still be complicated by the return of full preferential voting, the possible resurgence of One Nation and the Greens' perennial optimism.

It all begs the question, what does Queensland want?