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Confidence in Labor government handling of Covid-19 pandemic
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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