A majority of voters believe childcare should be a tax deductible expense, that many of our politicians are sexist, that women should comprise at least half of parliamentarians, and that the government should do more to reduce the gender pay gap, according to new polling.

The survey of 1065 voters, split almost evenly between men and women, commissioned by independent lobby group WomenVote and conducted by YouGov Galaxy, shows large majorities of voters have strong positions on a range of women’s issues they believe are not being adequately tackled by politicians.

Vanessa Whittaker SC, Sera Mirzabegian and Maria O’Brien from lobby group WomenVote. Credit:Laura Polson

Seventy-one per cent believe the government should be doing more to address the gender pay gap, and 75 per cent believe the government should do more to address the gender superannuation gap.

A stunning 86 per cent of voters polled said that government should do more to counter violence against women.