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The Labor Party

13 Dec 2016

Q. Do you think the Labor Party is becoming more progressive or more conservative?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Dec 2015
More progressive 21%   38% 11% 19% 19%   14%
More conservative 21%   16% 27% 42% 19%   24%
Neither 37%   31% 46% 25% 46%   39%
Don’t know 21%   15% 16% 14% 16%   24%

 21% think the Labor Party is becoming more conservative and 21% think it is becoming more progressive. 37% think it is neither.

Among Labor voters, 16% think it is becoming more conservative and 38% more progressive.

52% of those aged 55+ think the Labor Party is becoming neither more conservative nor more conservative.

Compared to 12 months ago, there has been an increase in those thinking the Labor Party is becoming more progressive (up 7%)

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