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Economic issue of most concern

2 Sep 2013

Q. Which of the following economic issues are you personally most concerned about?

 

Total

 

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Unemployment

23%

28%

22%

20%

Wealth disparity

19%

29%

7%

43%

Tax levels

15%

8%

21%

12%

Inflation

13%

13%

14%

5%

Budget surplus

11%

3%

20%

3%

Interest rates

9%

10%

10%

8%

None of them

7%

6%

6%

9%

Don’t know

3%

4%

1%

23% were most concerned about unemployment, 19% about wealth disparity and 15% about tax levels. Only 11% were most concerned about a budget surplus.

Labor voters were most concerned about wealth disparity (29%) and unemployment (28%), while Liberal/National voters were most concerned about unemployment (22%), tax levels (21%) and a budget surplus (20%).

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