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Donald Trump as President
Q. How concerned would you be if Donald Trump was elected US President?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
Total concerned | 79% | 84% | 81% | 85% | 69% | |
Total not concerned | 14% | 11% | 15% | 8% | 28% | |
Very concerned | 61% | 66% | 58% | 75% | 53% | |
Somewhat concerned | 18% | 18% | 23% | 10% | 16% | |
Not very concerned | 9% | 9% | 10% | 5% | 11% | |
Not at all concerned? | 5% | 2% | 5% | 3% | 16% | |
Don’t know | 6% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 3% |
More than three quarters of Australians (79%) would be concerned if Donald Trump was elected US President. 61% of these said they would be ‘very concerned’.
Overall, just 14% said that they would not be concerned.
There was little difference in results amongst the major voting segments; 84% of Labor and 85% of Greens voters would be concerned, compared to 81% of Lib/Nat voters. Those that vote ‘other’ were slightly less likely to be concerned (69%).
Females (84%) were more likely than males (75%) to be concerned.

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