Interests Represented by Parties

Q. Which political party do you think best represents the interests of –

	Labor	Liberal	Greens	Don’t know	Net (Liberal – Labor)		Net Sep 2015
Big business	10%	63%	2%	24%	+53		+52
Working people on high incomes	12%	62%	2%	24%	+50		+48
Small businesses and self-employed	28%	40%	4%	28%	+12		+15
Rural and regional Australians	25%	30%	13%	33%	+5		+8
The next generation of Australians	24%	26%	14%	36%	+2		+5
Indigenous people	26%	17%	16%	42%	-9		-1
Ethnic communities	27%	17%	17%	39%	-10		-2
Families with young children	39%	25%	6%	30%	-14		-13
Students	33%	19%	12%	36%	-14		-16
Working people on average incomes	42%	27%	5%	26%	-15		-16
Pensioners	40%	20%	6%	34%	-20		-15
People on welfare	42%	17%	9%	31%	-25		-23
Working people on low incomes	49%	16%	7%	28%	-33		–23

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 September 2015, the Labor Party has improved its position against the Liberal Party on representing the interests of indigenous people (up 8%), ethnic communities (up 8%), pensioners (up 5%) and working people on low incomes (up 10%).