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%).