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Party best at looking after the economy

6 May 2014

Q. Which party – Labor or Liberal – do you think is best when it comes to:

 

Labor

Liberal

No Difference

Don’t Know

Difference (Labor v. Liberal)

Representing the interests of Australian working families

47%

20%

26%

7%

27%

Representing the interests of you and people like you

39%

29%

24%

8%

10%

Standing up for the middle class in Australia

38%

24%

29%

9%

14%

Representing the interests of the large corporate and financial interests

13%

54%

22%

11%

-41%

Being more concerned about the interests of working families in Australia than the rich and large business and financial interests

46%

17%

26%

10%

29%

Handling the economy overall

26%

40%

23%

10%

-14%

Handling the economy in a way that tries to take the interests of working families into consideration as much as it takes the interests of the large corporate and financial groups

37%

27%

23%

13%

10%

Handling the economy in a way that best helps small business

27%

32%

28%

13%

-5%

Handling the economy in a way that best helps the middle class

31%

30%

27%

12%

1%

Handling the economy in a way that helps you and people like you the most.

37%

29%

23%

11%

8%

Labor was more likely to be selected as the party best at all of the items, except for ‘Representing the interests of the large corporate and financial interests’ (54% Liberal, 13% Labor), ‘Handling the economy overall’ (40% Liberal, 26% Labor) and ‘Handling the economy in a way that best helps small business’ (32% Liberal, 27% Labor).

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