Q. From what you have read and heard, do you think the Australian economy is heading in the right direction or the wrong direction?
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Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | May 2010 | May 2011 | Jun 2012 | Apr 2013 | Apr 2014 | May 2015 | Jul 2016 | Sep 2016 | |||
| The right direction | 26% | 18% | 50% | 11% | 11% | 51% | 45% | 43% | 36% | 39% | 35% | 33% | 33% | ||
| The wrong direction | 45% | 54% | 24% | 62% | 64% | 25% | 29% | 32% | 39% | 34% | 40% | 35% | 36% | ||
| Don’t know | 29% | 27% | 25% | 27% | 25% | 24% | 25% | 25% | 25% | 26% | 25% | 31% | 31% |
26% (down 7% since September) of respondents think that Australia’s economy is heading in the right direction and 45% (up 9%) think it is heading in the wrong direction. This is the most negative result for this question over the past 6 years.
18% (down 8%) of Labor voters, 50% (down 2%) of Liberal/National voters and 11% (down 15%) of Greens voters think the economy is heading in the right direction. 54% (up 9%) of Labor voters, 24% (up 2%) of Liberal/National voters and 62% (up 22%) of Greens voters think it is heading in the wrong direction.