Balance of Power in the Senate

Q. From July, the Greens will hold the balance of power in the Senate. Do you think this will be good or bad for Australia? (This question was commissioned by Network Ten).

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Men	Women	Age 18-34	Aged 35-54	Aged 55+
Total good	33%	44%	13%	95%	32%	36%	44%	34%	22%
Total bad	45%	29%	73%	1%	52%	39%	29%	45%	65%
Very good	10%	11%	2%	56%	9%	12%	12%	11%	7%
Good	23%	33%	11%	39%	23%	24%	32%	23%	15%
Bad	17%	21%	19%	1%	18%	16%	14%	19%	17%
Very bad	28%	8%	54%	–	34%	23%	15%	26%	48%
Make no difference	11%	15%	8%	2%	9%	12%	13%	10%	9%
Don’t know	11%	11%	5%	1%	8%	14%	15%	11%	5%

33% think that the Greens holding the balancer of power in the Senate will be good for Australia and 45% think it will be bad – 11% think it will make no difference. Labor voters are more likely to think it will be good (44% good to 29% bad) while Liberal/National voters overwhelmingly think it will be bad (73%).

Women (36% good/39% bad) were somewhat more positive than men (32% good/52% bad) while younger respondents were much more likely to think it would be good than older respondents.