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Approval of Agreement with the Greens

13 Sep 2010

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the agreement between the Labor Party and the Greens for the Greens to give their support to the Labor Party?

  Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
Total approve 41% 84% 4% 79%
Total disapprove 46% 7% 90% 10%
Strongly approve 12% 27% 30%
Approve 29% 57% 4% 49%
Disapprove 18% 4% 32% 8%
Strongly disapprove 28% 3% 58% 2%
Don’t know 14% 10% 6% 13%

Respondents were also split over the agreement between the Labor Party and the Greens for the Greens to give their support to the Labor Party – 41% approve and 46% disapprove – with views closely associated with party preferences.

84% of Labor voters and 79% of Greens voters approve while 90% of Coalition voters disapprove (and 58% strongly disapprove).

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