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 | Jul 2016 | |||
| Total good | 30% | 30% | 36% | 39% | 23% | 35% | 45% | 38% | 27% | 28% | 30% | ||
| Total poor | 27% | 27% | 21% | 21% | 37% | 29% | 26% | 24% | 33% | 31% | 26% | ||
| Very good | 3% | 3% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 6% | 8% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Good | 27% | 27% | 31% | 38% | 22% | 29% | 37% | 35% | 24% | 24% | 26% | ||
| Neither good nor poor | 40% | 41% | 41% | 37% | 39% | 33% | 28% | 34% | 36% | 36% | 41% | ||
| Poor | 20% | 21% | 17% | 17% | 25% | 20% | 17% | 19% | 24% | 24% | 20% | ||
| Very poor | 7% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 12% | 9% | 9% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 6% | ||
| Don’t know | 4% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
30% described the economy as good or very good and 27% poor/very poor – 40% said it was neither. This represents little change since July.
Liberal National and Greens voters were somewhat more optimistic than other voters. Among Labor voters 30% (up 4%) thought it was good and 27% (down 3%) poor; for Liberal/National voters 36% (down 8%) said it was good and 21% (up 3%) poor.