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Economy heading in right or wrong direction

19 May 2015

Q. Do you think Australia’s economy is heading in the right or wrong direction?

 

 

Total

 

  Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   May 2010 May 2011 Jun 2012 Apr 2013 Apr 2014 Aug 2014
The right direction 35% 19% 67% 9% 23% 51% 45% 43% 36% 39% 35%
The wrong direction 40% 58% 14% 65% 58% 25% 29% 32% 39% 34% 41%
Don’t know 25% 23% 19% 27% 19% 24% 25% 25% 25% 26% 24%

35% of respondents think that Australia’s economy is heading in the right direction and 40% think it is heading in the wrong direction. This represents no significant change since this question was asked last August.

19% (down 5%) of Labor voters, 67% (up 11%) of Liberal/National voters and 9% (down 17%) of Greens voters think the economy is heading in the right direction. 58% (up 4%) of Labor voters, 65% (up 11%) of Greens voters and 48% of those earning less than $1,000pw think the economy is heading in the wrong direction.

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