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Approval of Australian military support

19 Apr 2017

Q. Would you approve or disapprove of the Australian Government providing military support to US actions in Syria?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other
Total approve 31%   34% 36% 14% 30%
Total disapprove 50%   50% 43% 74% 55%
Strongly approve 8%   8% 12% 1% 7%
Approve 23%   26% 24% 13% 23%
Disapprove 26%   26% 27% 33% 19%
Strongly disapprove 24%   24% 16% 41% 36%
Don’t know 20%   15% 21% 11% 15%

 

31% would approve of the Australian Government providing military support to US actions in Syria and 50% would disapprove.

Those most likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (36%) and men (37%).

Those most likely to disapprove were Greens voters (74%).

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