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Government Promises

3 May 2010

 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.

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