Q. If elected, which party would be most likely to reduce Australia’s deficit?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Labor | 14% | 35% | 2% | 18% | 3% | |
| Liberal | 37% | 9% | 79% | 12% | 39% | |
| No difference | 30% | 39% | 11% | 49% | 45% | |
| Don’t know | 18% | 18% | 8% | 20% | 13% |
37% think the Liberal Party would be more likely to reduce the deficit and 14% think the Labor Party would be more likely. Nearly half either don’t know or thought there would be no difference.
79% of Liberal voters think the Liberal Party would be most likely to reduce the deficit while 39% of Labor voters think there would be no difference.