Q. Which political party do you think best represents the interests of –
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Labor |
Liberal |
Greens |
Don’t know |
Net (Labor- Liberal |
Net Nov 2011 |
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Big business |
9% |
61% |
3% |
27% |
-52 |
-57 |
|
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Working people on high incomes |
11% |
59% |
3% |
26% |
-48 |
-54 |
|
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Small businesses and self-employed |
25% |
40% |
4% |
31% |
-15 |
-29 |
|
|
Rural and regional Australians |
19% |
27% |
13% |
41% |
-8 |
-13 |
|
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The next generation of Australians |
22% |
27% |
12% |
39% |
-5 |
-11 |
|
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Indigenous people |
22% |
21% |
16% |
41% |
+1 |
+11 |
|
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Ethnic communities |
21% |
19% |
17% |
43% |
+2 |
+8 |
|
|
Families with young children |
37% |
24% |
6% |
33% |
+13 |
+11 |
|
|
Pensioners |
37% |
22% |
8% |
33% |
+15 |
+12 |
|
|
Students |
36% |
20% |
11% |
33% |
+16 |
+10 |
|
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Working people on average incomes |
42% |
26% |
5% |
27% |
+16 |
+11 |
|
|
Working people on low incomes |
44% |
21% |
6% |
28% |
+23 |
+25 |
|
|
People on welfare |
41% |
18% |
10% |
31% |
+23 |
+26 |
The Labor Party is considered the party which best represents the interests of families with young children, students, working people on low and average incomes, people on welfare and pensioners. The Liberal Party is considered substantially better at representing the interests of people on high incomes, big business and small business and self-employed.
Since this question was asked in November 2011, the Labor Party has improved its position on representing the interests of small business and self- employed (up 14), students (up 6), the next generation (up 6) and people on high incomes (up 6). The Liberal Party has improved its position on representing the interests of indigenous people (up 10) and ethnic communities (up 6).