Q. Overall, how would you describe the current state of the Australian economy?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Dec 2016 | May 2017 | |||
| Total Good | 33% | 30% | 46% | 37% | 18% | 23% | 30% | ||
| Total Poor | 24% | 25% | 15% | 24% | 42% | 36% | 29% | ||
| Very good | 3% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 3% | ||
| Good | 30% | 27% | 42% | 33% | 16% | 21% | 27% | ||
| Neither good nor poor | 38% | 42% | 36% | 32% | 37% | 37% | 36% | ||
| Poor | 17% | 19% | 10% | 17% | 26% | 28% | 23% | ||
| Very poor | 7% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 16% | 8% | 6% | ||
| Don’t know | 5% | 3% | 2% | 7% | 2% | 4% | 5% |
Overall, 33% thought that the state of the economy was good (up 3% from May). 24% thought it was bad (down 5%).
46% of Liberal/National voters thought the state of the economy was good, compared to 30% of Labor voters and 18% of other/independent voters.