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Military involvement in Syria and Iraq

24 Nov 2015

Q. Do you think Australia should increase or decrease our military involvement in Syria and Iraq against the Islamic State?

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote other

Increase

32%

34%

38%

20%

31%

Decrease

19%

19%

13%

40%

25%

Make no change

28%

26%

34%

24%

29%

Don’t know

21%

21%

15%

16%

16%

32% think Australia should increase our military involvement in Syria and Iraq, 19% think we should decrease involvement and 28% think we should make no change.

Those most likely to want increased military involvement were Liberal/National voters (38%), men (37%) and aged 55+ (39%).

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