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Support for Car Industry Jobs

23 Jan 2012

Q. In fact, the car industry in Australia directly supports about 50,000 jobs. Do you support or oppose the current levels of assistance to support these jobs?

Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
Total support 68% 75% 72% 56%
Total oppose 12% 9% 13% 17%
Strongly support 14% 20% 13% 5%
Support 54% 55% 59% 51%
Oppose 9% 7% 9% 15%
Strongly oppose 3% 2% 4% 2%
Don’t know 20% 15% 15% 27%

When provided with the information that there are about 50,000 jobs in the Australian car industry, 68% said the supported the current levels of assistance and 12% were opposed. More than 70% of both Labor and Liberal/National voters were in support and more than 60% of all demographic groups also supported the current level of assistance.

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