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Criticism of Female Politicians

3 Sep 2012

Q. In general, do you think female politicians are subjected to more or less personal criticism than male politicians?

 

Total

Vote

Labor

Vote

Lib/Nat

Vote

Greens

Men

Women

More

52%

71%

38%

80%

40%

63%

Less

4%

2%

7%

1%

6%

2%

About the same

40%

25%

53%

16%

49%

31%

Don’t know

5%

1%

3%

3%

5%

4%

52% think that female politicians are subjected to more personal criticism than male politicians. 40% think they receive about the same level of personal criticism and 4% think they receive less.

63% of women think female politicians receive more personal criticism but 55% of men think they receive about the same or less.

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