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Party values

18 Mar 2013

Q. Which statement best reflects your views about the Labor Party?

Q. Which statement best reflects your views about the Liberal Party?

Q. Which statement best reflects your views about the Greens?

 

Labor Party

Liberal Party

Greens

Labor voters on Labor Party

Lib/Nat voters on Liberal Party

Greens voters on Greens

The party doesn’t stand for anything

23%

22%

30%

3%

4%

Many of their politicians don’t stand by party values

43%

27%

14%

37%

23%

10%

The party has values and politicians stand by them

19%

36%

33%

44%

63%

85%

Don’t know

15%

15%

22%

16%

10%

5%

43% think that many Labor politicians don’t stand by party values – compared to 27% for the Liberal Party and 14% for the Greens.

36% think the Liberal Party has values and their politicians stand by them – compared to 33% for the Greens and 19% for the Labor Party.

63% of Liberal/National voters think the Liberal Party has values and politicians stand by them and 85% of Greens voters think the Greens have values and politicians stand by them. However, Labor voters were more divided with 44% thinking party has values and politicians stand by them and 37% thinking many of their politicians don’t stand by party values.

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