Q. Does this budget make you feel more confident or less confident in the Government’s ability to manage the economy?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | |||
Total more confident | 27% | 18% | 48% | 20% | 17% | ||
Total less confident | 29% | 38% | 12% | 33% | 44% | ||
A lot more confident | 5% | 3% | 9% | 4% | 3% | ||
A little more confident | 22% | 15% | 39% | 16% | 14% | ||
Makes no difference | 33% | 34% | 33% | 35% | 35% | ||
A little less confident | 15% | 18% | 9% | 18% | 20% | ||
A lot less confident | 14% | 20% | 3% | 15% | 24% | ||
Don’t know | 12% | 10% | 8% | 11% | 4% |
More people said that the budget made them less confident in the Government’s ability to manage the economy (29%) than said that it made them more confident (27%), although 33% said that it made no difference.
Those most likely to say that the budget made them more confident were Liberal/National voters (48%) and those aged over 65 (40%).
Those most likely to say that the budget made them less confident were other part/independent voters (44%), ALP voters (38%) and those aged 45-54 (36%).