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Budget impact on voting intention

9 Apr 2019

Q. To what extent has the Budget impacted your likelihood to vote for the Coalition at the upcoming Federal election?

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Liberal / National	Vote Greens	NET: Vote Other
It has made me more likely to vote for them	17%	10%	31%	9%	14%
It has not changed my likelihood to vote or not vote for them	61%	52%	65%	64%	58%
It has made me less likely to vote for them	22%	38%	4%	27%	28%

61% said the Budget would have no effect on the way they intend to vote at the next election.
The Budget has strengthened the vote within Coalition support, with 31% saying the Budget has made them more likely to vote for the Coalition.
38% of Labor voters are less likely to consider the Coalition as a result of the Budget, with 10% of Labor voters saying they are more likely to consider switching their vote.