Election date announcement
Q.The Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced the Federal Election will be held on September 14 this year. Do you approve or disapprove of the election date being announced nearly 8 months in advance?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Total approve |
48% |
73% |
35% |
45% |
| Total disapprove |
34% |
13% |
50% |
35% |
| Strongly approve |
15% |
24% |
10% |
16% |
| Approve |
33% |
49% |
25% |
29% |
| Disapprove |
19% |
10% |
25% |
26% |
| Strongly disapprove |
15% |
3% |
25% |
9% |
| Don’t know |
19% |
14% |
16% |
20% |
48% approve of the announcement of the next Federal election date and 34% disapprove. 73% of Labor voters approve compared to 45% of Greens voters and 35% of Liberal/National voters. 50% of Liberal/National voters disapprove.
There were no major differences by demographics – although men were a little more likely to approve (53%) and women a little more likely to disapprove (38%).
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