25 March 2013, 250313, better policies, good government, Labor party voters, reason for voting Labor, tony abbott
Q. Which of the following is the main reason you would vote for the Labor Party if there was an election today?
| I always vote for the Labor Party |
28% |
| The Labor Party has been a good Government |
11% |
| The Liberal Party would not be a good Government |
4% |
| I don’t want Tony Abbott to be Prime Minister |
35% |
| The Labor Party have better policies than the Liberal Party |
10% |
| I would be personally better off under a Labor Government |
8% |
| Other reason |
2% |
| Don’t know |
2% |
More than one third said the main reason they would be voting Labor was they don’t want Tony Abbott as Prime Minister.
28% said they always vote Labor and 11% said the Labor Party had been a good Government.
25 March 2013, 250313, better policies, Julia Gillard, reason for voting liberal
Q. Which of the following is the main reason you would vote for the Liberal or National Party if there was an election today?
| I always vote for the Liberal or National Party |
21% |
| The Labor Party has been a poor Government |
34% |
| The Liberal and National Parties would be a good Government |
12% |
| I don’t want Julia Gillard as Prime Minister |
17% |
| The Liberal/National Parties have better policies than the Labor Party |
9% |
| I would be personally better off under a Liberal/National Government |
6% |
| Other reason |
1% |
| Don’t know |
* |
One third say they would vote Liberal/National because the Labor Party has been a poor Government. 21% say they always vote Liberal/National and 17% don’t want Julia Gillard as Prime Minister.
40% of men and 27% of women say the Labor Party has been a poor Government.
06 August 2012, 060812, ALP, better policies, carers, Labor, Liberals, low income earners, pensioners, people with disabilities, unemployed people, working people
Q. Which party do you think has the better policies for the following groups of people?
|
Labor Party |
Liberal Party |
No difference |
Don’t know |
|
| Pensioners |
32% |
21% |
30% |
17% |
| Unemployed people |
36% |
18% |
29% |
17% |
| People with disabilities |
32% |
16% |
30% |
22% |
| Carers |
30% |
18% |
30% |
22% |
| People on low incomes |
40% |
18% |
26% |
16% |
| All working people |
29% |
30% |
26% |
15% |
The Labor Party was thought to have better policies than the Liberal Party on all issues except “all working people” where both parties had similar ratings. In particular the Labor Party was thought to have better policies for people on low incomes (40% Labor/18% Liberal), unemployed people (36%/18%) and people with disabilities (32%/16%).
Of those aged 55+, 40% thought Labor had better policies for pensioners and 23% thought the Liberals had better policies.
30% think the Liberals have better policies for all working people and 29% think Labor has better policies. Full-time workers are more likely to think The Liberals have better policies (37% Liberal/24% Labor) which part-time workers are more likely to favour Labor (37% Labor/29% Liberal).