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Trust to Handle Economy

8 Aug 2011

Q. Which party would you trust most to handle the economy if there was another Global Financial Crisis (GFC)?

Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
The Labor Party 27% 77% 3% 41%
The Liberal Party 43% 6% 86% 3%
No difference 19% 13% 9% 42%
Don’t know 10% 4% 2% 13%

43% said they would trust the Liberal Party most to handle the economy if there was another GFC, 27% would trust the Labor Party most and 19% said there was no difference.

Those aged under 35 were more likely to think there was no difference (25%) while those aged 55+ were more likely to prefer the Liberal Party (54%)

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