Groups better off under Liberal or Labor Government

Q. Do you think the following groups of people would be better off under a Liberal Government or a Labor Government?

	Better off under a Liberal Govern-ment	Better off under a Labor Govern-ment	Makes no differ-ence	Don’t know		Difference (Liberal minus Labor)	Difference April 2016
Large corporations	55%	7%	21%	16%		+48	+39
People and families on high incomes	55%	9%	21%	15%		+46	+37
Banks and other financial institutions	51%	8%	24%	17%		+43	+36
Families with children at private school	45%	12%	25%	18%		+33	+24
Small businesses	36%	21%	26%	17%		+15	+5
Farmers and other agricultural producers	24%	22%	32%	22%		+2	-1
People and families on middle incomes	26%	29%	29%	16%		-3	-6
Average working people	20%	34%	30%	16%		-14	-21
Recent immigrants to Australia	14%	30%	34%	21%		-16	-21
Pensioners	15%	34%	34%	18%		-19	-20
People with disabilities	13%	35%	33%	19%		-22	-21
Unemployed people	14%	36%	33%	17%		-22	-26
Single parents	12%	36%	32%	20%		-24	-31
Families with children at public school	15%	40%	28%	17%		-25	-23
People and families on low incomes	13%	42%	27%	17%		-29	-33

 Respondents were substantially more likely to think the following groups would be better off under a Labor Government – low income families, families with children at public school, single parents, the unemployed, average working people, people with disabilities, recent migrants to Australia and pensioners.

They were substantially more likely to think the following groups would be better off under a Liberal Government – large corporations, high income families, banks and financial institutions, families with children at private schools and small businesses.

Since this question was asked in April the Liberal Party is a more likely to be perceived as better for large corporations (up 9 points), high income families (up 9), banks and financial institutions (up 7), families with children at private schools (up 9) and small businesses (up 10).

The Labor Party is perceived to be a relatively worse for average working people (down 7 points) and single parents (down 7).