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Expectations of budget

29 Apr 2013

Q. Overall do you expect the budget to be good or bad for you personally?

 

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Total good      

12%

20%

10%

16%

Total bad

38%

20%

53%

24%

Very good

2%

4%

2%

1%

Good

10%

16%

8%

15%

Neither good nor bad

38%

49%

31%

50%

Bad

29%

18%

38%

19%

Very bad

9%

2%

15%

5%

Don’t know

11%

11%

6%

10%

12% expect the budget will be good for them personally and 38% think it will be bad. 38% think it will be neither good nor bad for them personally.

Those most likely to think it will be bad for them personally were aged 45+ (46%) and Liberal/National voters (53%).

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