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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.

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