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Donald Trump as President

18 Oct 2016

Q. How concerned would you be if Donald Trump was elected US President?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other
Total concerned 79%   84% 81% 85% 69%
Total not concerned 14%   11% 15% 8% 28%
Very concerned 61%   66% 58% 75% 53%
Somewhat concerned 18%   18% 23% 10% 16%
Not very concerned 9%   9% 10% 5% 11%
Not at all concerned? 5%   2% 5% 3% 16%
Don’t know 6%   5% 4% 6% 3%

More than three quarters of Australians (79%) would be concerned if Donald Trump was elected US President.  61% of these said they would be ‘very concerned’.

Overall, just 14% said that they would not be concerned.

There was little difference in results amongst the major voting segments; 84% of Labor and 85% of Greens voters would be concerned, compared to 81% of Lib/Nat voters. Those that vote ‘other’ were slightly less likely to be concerned (69%).

Females (84%) were more likely than males (75%) to be concerned.

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