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Interest in Federal Budget

May 14, 2012
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Q. Thinking about the Federal Budget – how much attention did you pay to this week’s Federal Budget?

 

2009

2010

2011

2012
Total a lot/some

66%

53%

52%

54%
Total a little/none

31%

44%

45%

43%
A lot

29%

18%

19%

20%
Some

37%

35%

33%

34%
A little

25%

29%

31%

31%
None

6%

15%

14%

12%
Can’t say

3%

3%

2%

3%

Just over half (54%) of respondents said they paid a lot or some attention to the Federal Budget. This is much the same as the corresponding figure of 52% for last year’s budget.

Those most interested were Liberal/National voters (61%), Labor voters (59%) and people aged 55+ (64%). Only 42% of respondents aged 18-34 paid a lot or some attention to the budget.

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Two Party Preferred: 14 May 2019

Labor
51.5%-0.5
Coalition
48.5%+0.5

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