Q. Overall, how would you describe the current state of the Australian economy?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
May 2012 |
Apr 2013 |
Sep 2013 |
Jan 2014 |
Apr 2014 |
Aug 2014 |
Mar 2015 |
|||
|
Total good |
26% |
23% |
36% |
14% |
21% |
35% |
45% |
40% |
34% |
38% |
37% |
27% |
||
|
Total poor |
32% |
37% |
24% |
43% |
41% |
29% |
26% |
25% |
26% |
24% |
26% |
33% |
||
|
Very good |
3% |
3% |
4% |
1% |
1% |
6% |
8% |
6% |
4% |
3% |
6% |
3% |
||
|
Good |
23% |
20% |
32% |
13% |
20% |
29% |
37% |
34% |
30% |
35% |
31% |
24% |
||
|
Neither good nor poor |
39% |
36% |
39% |
41% |
37% |
33% |
28% |
32% |
36% |
34% |
35% |
36% |
||
|
Poor |
24% |
28% |
20% |
33% |
27% |
20% |
17% |
20% |
21% |
19% |
18% |
24% |
||
|
Very poor |
8% |
9% |
4% |
10% |
14% |
9% |
9% |
5% |
5% |
5% |
8% |
9% |
||
|
Don’t know |
3% |
3% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
4% |
4% |
3% |
4% |
26% described the economy as good or very good and 32% poor/very poor – 39% said it was neither. This represents no significant change since March.
Liberal National voters were more optimistic than other voters. Among Labor voters 23% (down 5%) thought it was good and 37% (up 3%) poor; for Liberal/National voters 36% (up 3%) said it was good and 24% (down 4%) poor.