Q. In the past few years – since Kevin Rudd and the Labor Party became Government – would you say you have moved closer to the Labor Party, further away from the ALP, or would you say you have stayed about the same in your view of them?
| Total % | Federal Vote | |||
| Labor | Coalition | Green | ||
| Closer to the Labor Party | 20% | 39% | 5% | 13% |
| Further away from the Labor Party | 33% | 5% | 67% | 43% |
| Stayed about the same | 41% | 54% | 27% | 37% |
| Don’t know | 6% | 1% | 2% | 6% |
41% of people indicated that in the past few years, since Kevin Rudd and the Labor Party became Government their view of Labor has stayed about the same. 33% have moved further away from the Labor Party and 20% have moved closer.
Labor voters were more likely to indicate that their support for Labor has stayed about the same since Kevin Rudd and the Labor Party became Government (54%).
67% of Coalition voters and 43% of Green voters have moved further away from the Labor Party since Kevin Rudd and the Labor Party became Government.
People aged 45 – 54 were more likely to indicate their views have stayed the same (51%) while those aged 65 years and over were more likely to indicate they have moved further away from the Labor Party (43%). Comments »
Democrats, Family First, Greens, Labor, Liberal, National, Party ID
Q. Now regardless of your present view of things, which federal party do you normally consider yourself closest to?
| % | |
| Labor | 40% |
| Liberal | 32% |
| National | 3% |
| Greens | 6% |
| Democrats | 2% |
| Family First | 2% |
| Independent or other party | 3% |
| Don’t know | 11% |
40% of those surveyed indicated the party they normally consider themselves closest to is Labor, 35% indicated Liberal/National, 6% Greens and 11% don’t know. Comments »
Greens, Labor, Liberal, Party ID
Q. Do you consider yourself a very strong supporter, a fairly strong or not a very strong supporter of that party?
| Total % | Party ID | |||
| Labor | Coalition | Greens | ||
| Very strong | 25% | 25% | 29% | 18% |
| Fairly strong | 52% | 55% | 51% | 60% |
| Not very strong | 22% | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| Don’t know | 1% | 1% | 1% | * |
People that normally consider themselves Coalition supporters were slightly more likely than Labor supporters to indicate their party support as very strong (29% v 25%). 55% of Labor supporters and 60% of Greens supporters indicated their party support as fairly strong. Comments »
2PP, Election, Family First, Greens, Labor, Liberal, Voting intention
Q. If there was a Federal election held today, to which party would you probably give your first preference?
Q. If you ‘don’t know’ on the above question, which party are you currently leaning to?
*1,908 sample size
| 2 week average | % | 2PP | 2PP shift from last week |
| Liberal | 35% | ||
| National | 3% | ||
| Total Lib/Nat | 38% | 44% | -2% |
| Labor | 45% | 56% | +2% |
| Greens | 9% | ||
| Family First | 2% | ||
| Other/Independent | 6% |
NB. The data in the above table is derived from our weekly first preference voting question. Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ as their first preference are not included in the results.
* Sample is the culmination of two week’s polling data. Comments »
Abbott, Liberal, maternity leave, parental leave
Q. The Opposition leader Tony Abbott has proposed a scheme to give new parents 26 weeks leave at their normal rate of pay to be paid for by a 1.7 per cent levy on large companies. The Rudd Government plans to introduce a scheme to give new parents 18 weeks leave at the minimum wage rate paid for by the Government. Which scheme do you support more?
| % | |
| The Government’s scheme | 40% |
| The Opposition’s scheme | 24% |
| Neither | 27% |
| Don’t know | 10% |
40% of respondents supported the Government parent leave scheme, 24% supported the Opposition’s scheme and 27% supported neither.
Among labor voters, 61% supported the Government scheme and 15% supported the Opposition’s. However, only 37% of Coalition voters supported the Opposition’s scheme – 20% supported the Government scheme and 35% supported neither.
Young people were more likely to support the Opposition’s scheme – of those aged under 35, 35% supported the Opposition’s scheme and 39% the Government’s. Older respondents were more likely to support neither scheme – of those aged 45-64, 36% supported neither scheme, 42% the Government scheme and 14% the Opposition’s. Men and women showed similar levels of support. Comments »
Q. Here is a list of things both favourable and unfavourable that have been said about various political parties. Which statements do you feel fit the Labor Party?
| 6 Jul 09 | 14 Mar 10
|
% change | |
| Moderate | 65% | 63% | -2% |
| Will promise to do anything to win votes | 57% | 63% | +6% |
| Looks after the interests of working families | 61% | 57% | -4% |
| Professional in its approach | 59% | 55% | -4% |
| Understands the problems facing Australia | 62% | 54% | -8% |
| Has a good team of leaders | 60% | 52% | -8% |
| Out of touch with ordinary people | 44% | 48% | +4% |
| Too dominated by its leader | 39% | 45% | +6% |
| Divided | 30% | 36% | +6% |
| Keeps its promises | 44% | 33% | -11% |
| Extreme | 25% | 26% | +1% |
The Labor Party’s main attributes were being moderate (63%), will promise anything to win votes (63%), looks after the interests of working families (57%) and professional in its approach (55%).
Since these questions were last asked in July 2009, most of Labor’s positive attributes have declined a little and the negative attributes increased. Main changes since last July were keeps its promises (down 11% to 33%), has a good team of leaders (down 8% to 52%) and understands the problems facing Australia (down 8% to 54%).
Note that the 2PP voting intention for 6 July 2009 was 59%-41% compared to the current 56%-44%. Comments »
Q. And which statements do you feel fit the Liberal Party?
| 6 July 09 | 14 Mar 10
|
% change | |
| Will promise to do anything to win votes | 67% | 72% | +5% |
| Divided | 74% | 66% | -8% |
| Out of touch with ordinary people | 62% | 58% | -4% |
| Moderate | 50% | 50% | – |
| Professional in its approach | 41% | 47% | +6% |
| Too dominated by its leader | 34% | 44% | +10% |
| Understands the problems facing Australia | 44% | 43% | -1% |
| Extreme | 36% | 38% | +2% |
| Looks after the interests of working families | 31% | 35% | +4% |
| Has a good team of leaders | 29% | 31% | +2% |
| Keeps its promises | 28% | 23% | -5% |
The Liberal Party’s main attributes were – will promise anything to win votes (72%), divided (66%) and out of touch with ordinary people (58%).
Main changes since last July were – too dominated by its leader (up 10% to 44%), divided (down 8% to 66%) and professional in its approach (up 6% to 47%). Comments »
Labor, Liberal, part attributes
| Labor | Liberal
|
% difference | |
| Looks after the interests of working families | 57% | 35% | +22% |
| Has a good team of leaders | 52% | 31% | +21% |
| Moderate | 63% | 50% | +13% |
| Understands the problems facing Australia | 54% | 43% | +11% |
| Keeps its promises | 33% | 23% | +10% |
| Professional in its approach | 55% | 47% | +8% |
| Too dominated by its leader | 45% | 44% | +1% |
| Will promise to do anything to win votes | 63% | 72% | -9% |
| Out of touch with ordinary people | 48% | 58% | -10% |
| Extreme | 26% | 38% | -12% |
| Divided | 36% | 66% | -30% |
The Labor Party maintains significant leads over the Liberal Party on all positive attributes – in particular, looks after the interest of working families (+22%), has a good team of leaders (+21%), moderate (+11%), understands the problems facing Australia (+11%) and keeps its promises (+10).
The Liberal Party is more likely to be considered divided (-30%), extreme (-12%) and out of touch with ordinary people (-10%). Comments »