Q. How would you rate the performance of the Federal Liberal/National Government in handling the issue of asylum seekers arriving by boat?
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Total
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Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
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Mar 2014 |
Jul 2014 |
| Total good |
38% |
22% |
72% |
6% |
40% |
39% |
41% |
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| Total poor |
36% |
53% |
8% |
80% |
35% |
38% |
35% |
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| Very good |
20% |
8% |
44% |
2% |
19% |
18% |
24% |
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| Good |
18% |
14% |
28% |
4% |
21% |
21% |
17% |
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| Neither good nor poor |
19% |
19% |
19% |
10% |
21% |
18% |
18% |
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| Poor |
15% |
20% |
7% |
19% |
19% |
15% |
12% |
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| Very poor |
21% |
33% |
1% |
61% |
16% |
23% |
23% |
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| Don’t know |
7% |
6% |
2% |
3% |
4% |
5% |
7% |
38% (down 3% since last July) think the Government’s performance in handling the issue of asylum seekers arriving by boat has been good and 36% (up 1%) think it has been poor.
Those most likely to think it has been good were Liberal/National voters (72%), men (46%) and aged 55+ (54%).
Those most likely to think it has been poor were Labor voters (53%) and Greens voters (80%).