Q. Overall, how would you describe the current state of the Australian economy?
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Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | May 2012 | Apr 2013 | Apr 2014 | Mar 2015 | Jan 2016 | Apr 2016 | |||
| Total good | 30% | 26% | 44% | 26% | 14% | 35% | 45% | 38% | 27% | 28% | 32% | ||
| Total poor | 26% | 30% | 18% | 20% | 41% | 29% | 26% | 24% | 33% | 31% | 27% | ||
| Very good | 4% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 1% | 6% | 8% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 3% | ||
| Good | 26% | 22% | 40% | 21% | 13% | 29% | 37% | 35% | 24% | 24% | 29% | ||
| Neither good nor poor | 41% | 42% | 36% | 48% | 43% | 33% | 28% | 34% | 36% | 36% | 37% | ||
| Poor | 20% | 23% | 16% | 16% | 29% | 20% | 17% | 19% | 24% | 24% | 21% | ||
| Very poor | 6% | 7% | 2% | 4% | 12% | 9% | 9% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 6% | ||
| Don’t know | 4% | 2% | 2% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% |
30% described the economy as good or very good and 26% poor/very poor – 41% said it was neither. This represents little change since April.
Liberal National voters were substantially more optimistic than other voters. Among Labor voters 26% (up 3%) thought it was good and 30% (down 1%) poor; for Liberal/National voters 44% (down 5%) said it was good and 18% (down 1%) poor.