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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).

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