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Performance of the Greens

7 Nov 2012

Q. Do you think the performance of the Greens in Federal Parliament has been good or poor?

 

16 Jul 12

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Total good

17%

16%

22%

6%

65%

Total poor

47%

40%

27%

61%

5%

Very good

3%

3%

3%

*

20%

Good

14%

13%

19%

6%

45%

Neither good nor poor

27%

25%

32%

20%

23%

Poor

19%

18%

17%

24%

5%

Very poor

28%

22%

10%

37%

Don’t know

10%

19%

20%

12%

6%

16% think the performance of The Greens in Federal Parliament has been good or very good and 40% think it has been poor or very poor. This is a drop of 7% in the percentage thinking the Greens have been poor since July when this question was last asked. Those who don’t know have increased from 10% to 19%.

Labor voters tend to think The Greens’ performance has been poor/very poor  (27%) or neither good nor poor (32%) – and only 22% think it has been good/very good. 61% of Liberal/National voters think it has been poor/very poor and 65% of Greens voters think it has been good/very good.

Among respondents aged under 35, 24% think The Greens’ performance has been good/very good and 24% think it has been poor/very poor.

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