Importance of Carbon Pricing Issue

Q. How important is the issue of the carbon pricing scheme in deciding which party you would vote for?

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens
Very important	30%	25%	39%	33%
Somewhat important	29%	28%	31%	35%
A little important	21%	25%	16%	18%
Not at all important	13%	18%	12%	8%
Don’t know	7%	3%	2%	6%

30% say that the carbon pricing scheme is very important to their voting decision and 29% say it is somewhat important. Liberal/National voters are more likely to consider it very important (39%).

The carbon pricing issue is more important to those who are opposed than those who support it. 68% of those who oppose the scheme say it is very/somewhat important compared to 58% of those who support it.