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Confidence in Labor government handling of Covid-19 pandemic

13 Apr 2021

Q. If a Labor government under Anthony Albanese had been in power, how confident are you that they would have done a good job at dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic?

  Total Gender Age Group Federal Voting Intention
Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Labor TOTAL: Coalition Greens TOTAL: Other  
Very confident 15% 21% 10% 13% 21% 12% 24% 10% 19% 14%  
Fairly confident 29% 27% 30% 33% 30% 24% 42% 22% 32% 22%  
Not that confident 24% 25% 23% 25% 21% 25% 18% 30% 25% 20%  
Not confident at all 14% 14% 13% 7% 10% 23% 3% 25% 5% 23%  
Unsure 18% 12% 24% 22% 18% 16% 13% 12% 20% 21%  
TOTAL:  Confident 44% 49% 40% 46% 51% 36% 65% 32% 50% 35%  
TOTAL:  Not Confident 37% 39% 36% 32% 31% 48% 21% 56% 29% 44%  
Base (n) 1,368 669 699 426 460 482 483 471 123 165  
  • 44% of Australians are confident that if a Labor government under Anthony Albanese had been in power, they would have done a good job at dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. 37% are not confident about this and 18% are unsure.
  • Labor voters are the most confident about this compared to other voters (65%). They are followed by Greens voters (50%). Coalition voters and minor and independent party voters are the least likely to be confident in this (32% and 35% respectively).
  • Those aged 18-34 and 35-43 are more confident that a Labor government would have done a good job a dealing with Covid-19 than those over 55 (46% and 51% to 36% respectively).
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