Q. Compared to previous Federal Governments, do you think the Rudd Labor Government has been better or worse at keeping their promises?
Total | Labor voters | Lib/Nat voters | Greens voters | |
Total better | 32% | 62% | 8% | 44% |
Total worse | 42% | 14% | 72% | 30% |
A lot better | 4% | 10% | * | 6% |
A little better | 28% | 52% | 8% | 38% |
A little worse | 15% | 12% | 16% | 13% |
A lot worse | 27% | 2% | 61% | 17% |
No difference | 20% | 22% | 11% | 25% |
Don’t know | 6% | 2% | 2% | 1% |
42% think the Rudd Labor Government has been worse at keeping their promises than previous government – 32% think they have been better.
Opinions split strongly according to voting intention. 62% of Labor voters think they are better, 14% worse. 77% of Liberal/National voters think they are worse and 8% better.
Older respondents were more likely to think the Rudd Government has been worse at keeping its promises – those aged 55+ split 27% better/58% worse while the under 35’s recorded 39% better/ 30% worse.