Better or worse Government
Q. After the election the Coalition Government will not have a majority in the Senate – they will need the support of the minor parties and independents to pass legislation. Do you think this will result in a better or worse Government for Australia?
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Other party/ Independent |
|
Total better |
44% |
53% |
32% |
62% |
59% |
|
Total worse |
30% |
24% |
44% |
20% |
11% |
|
A lot better |
18% |
25% |
9% |
26% |
33% |
|
A little better |
26% |
28% |
23% |
36% |
26% |
|
A little worse |
16% |
10% |
24% |
14% |
6% |
|
A lot worse |
14% |
14% |
20% |
6% |
5% |
|
Make no difference |
10% |
10% |
8% |
8% |
18% |
|
Don’t know |
16% |
13% |
16% |
9% |
12% |
44% think that better Government will result from the Coalition needing the support of minor parties and independents in the Senate while 30% think it will result in worse Government.
A majority of Labor, Greens and other voters think it will result in better Government while 44% of Liberal/National voters think it will result in worse Government.

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