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Party trusted to handle another GFC

15 Oct 2013

Q. The shutdown of the US Government has sparked fears of another global recession.

If there was another Global Financial Crisis, which party would you trust most to deal with it?

 

%

 

Lib/Nat voters

Labor voters

Green voters

 

15 Aug 2011

7 May 2012

29 Jan 2103

The Liberal Party

38%

78%

6%

5%

40%

42%

40%

The Labor Party

29%

4%

68%

39%

31%

25%

26%

No Difference

23%

13%

16%

47%

20%

23%

22%

Don’t know

10%

5%

9%

9%

9%

10%

11%

If there was another GFC, 38% of people would trust the Liberal Party most to deal with it. 29% trusted Labor while 23% said there was no difference.

Trust generally followed party lines, with 78% of Lib/Nat voters selecting the Liberals and 68% of Labor voters selecting Labor. 47% of Green voters selected ‘no difference’.

The overall figures are generally in line with those from 2011, 2012 and early in 2013.

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