Q. Overall, how would you describe the current state of the Australian economy?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
May 2012 |
Apr 2013 |
Sep 2013 |
Jan 2014 |
Aug 2014 |
Mar 2015 |
Sep 2015 |
|||
|
Total good |
28% |
26% |
38% |
26% |
13% |
35% |
45% |
40% |
34% |
37% |
27% |
26% |
||
|
Total poor |
31% |
38% |
23% |
36% |
42% |
29% |
26% |
25% |
26% |
26% |
33% |
32% |
||
|
Very good |
4% |
4% |
6% |
2% |
– |
6% |
8% |
6% |
4% |
6% |
3% |
3% |
||
|
Good |
24% |
22% |
32% |
24% |
13% |
29% |
37% |
34% |
30% |
31% |
24% |
23% |
||
|
Neither good nor poor |
36% |
33% |
37% |
33% |
39% |
33% |
28% |
32% |
36% |
35% |
36% |
39% |
||
|
Poor |
24% |
28% |
18% |
32% |
29% |
20% |
17% |
20% |
21% |
18% |
24% |
24% |
||
|
Very poor |
7% |
10% |
5% |
4% |
13% |
9% |
9% |
5% |
5% |
8% |
9% |
8% |
||
|
Don’t know |
4% |
2% |
2% |
4% |
5% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
4% |
3% |
4% |
3% |
28% described the economy as good or very good and 31% poor/very poor – 36% said it was neither. This represents no significant change since September.
Liberal National voters were more optimistic than other voters. Among Labor voters 26% (up 3%) thought it was good and 38% (up 1%) poor; for Liberal/National voters 38% (up 2%) said it was good and 23% (down 1%) poor.