Q. Do you think the Liberal Party is becoming more progressive or more conservative?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Dec 2015 | |||
More progressive | 14% | 8% | 26% | 9% | 13% | 27% | ||
More conservative | 37% | 48% | 29% | 63% | 32% | 24% | ||
Neither | 30% | 28% | 34% | 19% | 40% | 27% | ||
Don’t know | 18% | 16% | 11% | 10% | 14% | 22% |
37% think the Liberal Party is becoming more conservative and 14% think it is becoming more progressive. 30% think it is neither.
Among Liberal/National voters, 29% think it is becoming more conservative and 26% more progressive.
43% of those aged 55+ think the Liberal Party is becoming more conservative compared to 30% of those aged 18-34.
Compared to 12 months ago, there has been an increase in those thinking the Liberal Party is becoming more conservative (up 13%)