Economy heading in right or wrong direction

Q. From what you have read and heard, do you think the Australian economy is heading in the right direction or the wrong direction?

	Total		Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Vote other		May 2010	May 2011	Jun 2012	Apr 2013	Apr 2014	May 2015	Jul 2016
The right direction	33%		26%	52%	26%	25%		51%	45%	43%	36%	39%	35%	33%
The wrong direction	36%		45%	22%	40%	48%		25%	29%	32%	39%	34%	40%	35%
Don’t know	31%		29%	26%	34%	27%		24%	25%	25%	25%	26%	25%	31%

33% of respondents think that Australia’s economy is heading in the right direction and 36% think it is heading in the wrong direction. This represents little change since July.

26% (up 4%) of Labor voters, 52% (down 7%) of Liberal/National voters and 26% (up 8%) of Greens voters think the economy is heading in the right direction. 45% (down 2%) of Labor voters, 22% (up 2%) of Liberal/National voters and 40% (down 4%) of Greens voters think it is heading in the wrong direction.