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Better or Worse off under Liberal Government

28 Aug 2012

Q. Do you think you personally would be better off or worse off financially if Tony Abbott and the Liberals were in Government?

 

Total

Vote

Labor

Vote

Lib/Nat

Vote

Greens

Total better off

30%

4%

64%

6%

Total worse off

32%

69%

3%

52%

A lot better off

10%

1%

22%

A little better off

20%

3%

42%

6%

Make no difference

24%

18%

27%

21%

A little worse off

10%

19%

2%

11%

A lot worse off

22%

50%

1%

41%

No opinion

14%

9%

6%

21%

30% of respondents think they would be personally better off financially if the Liberals were in Government and 32% think they would be financially worse off. 24% think it would make no difference to them financially.

Respondents aged 45-64 thought they would be more likely to be worse off (32% better/40% worse) while for those aged 65+, 47% thought they would be better off and 24% worse off.

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