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  • May, 2014

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    Party best at looking after the economy

    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).

  • Apr, 2012

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    Party Best At…

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

     

    Labor

    Liberal

    No difference

    Don’t know

    Difference

    Representing the interests of Australian working families

    37%

    25%

    29%

    9%

    +12

    Representing the interests of you and people like you

    29%

    35%

    26%

    10%

    -6

    Standing up for the middle class in Australia

    26%

    33%

    30%

    11%

    -7

    Representing the interests of the large corporate and financial interests

    10%

    54%

    25%

    11%

    -44

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

    37%

    22%

    30%

    11%

    +15

    Handling the economy overall

    22%

    41%

    26%

    10%

    -19

    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

    29%

    34%

    25%

    12%

    -5

    Handling the economy in a way that best helps small business

    22%

    40%

    25%

    13%

    -18

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

    23%

    38%

    27%

    12%

    -15

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

    26%

    36%

    27%

    11%

    -10

    Labor was considered best at representing the interests of Australian working families (37%) and being more concerned about the interests of working families in Australia than the rich and large business and financial interests (37%). The Liberals were considered best on all the other measures.

    In particular, the Liberal Party was considered much better on representing the interests of the large corporate and financial interests (54%), handling the economy overall (41%) and handling the economy in a way that best helps small business (40%).

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