Q. Which party – Labor or Liberal – do you think is best when it comes to:
|
Labor |
Liberal |
No Difference |
Don’t Know |
Difference (Labor v. Liberal) |
|
Difference May 2014 |
|
| Representing the interests of Australian working families |
48% |
17% |
25% |
11% |
+31% |
+27% |
|
| Representing the interests of you and people like you |
35% |
27% |
27% |
11% |
+8% |
+10% |
|
| Standing up for the middle class in Australia |
30% |
28% |
27% |
15% |
+2% |
+14% |
|
| Representing the interests of the large corporate and financial interests |
9% |
59% |
19% |
13% |
-50% |
-41% |
|
| Being more concerned about the interests of working families in Australia than the rich and large business and financial interests |
47% |
15% |
24% |
14% |
+32% |
+29% |
|
| Handling the economy overall |
23% |
37% |
27% |
14% |
-14% |
-14% |
|
| Handling the economy in a way that tries to take the interests of working families into consideration as much as it takes the interests of the large corporate and financial groups |
34% |
23% |
27% |
15% |
+11% |
+10% |
|
| Handling the economy in a way that best helps small business |
24% |
32% |
27% |
17% |
-8% |
-5% |
|
| Handling the economy in a way that best helps the middle class |
25% |
32% |
28% |
14% |
-7% |
+1% |
|
| Handling the economy in a way that helps you and people like you the most. |
32% |
27% |
27% |
14% |
+5% |
+8% |
Labor was more likely to be selected as the party best at all of the items, except for ‘Representing the interests of the large corporate and financial interests’ (59% Liberal, 9% Labor), ‘Handling the economy overall’ (37% Liberal, 23% Labor), ‘Handling the economy in a way that best helps small business’ (32% Liberal, 24% Labor) and ‘Handling the economy in a way that best helps the middle class’ (32% Liberal, 25% Labor).
Since this question was asked in May, the main shifts have been for “Standing up for the middle class in Australia “ (Labor down 12%), “Handling the economy in a way that best helps the middle class” (Labor down 8%) and “Representing the interests of the large corporate and financial interests” (Liberals up 9%).