Q. Overall, how would you describe the current state of the Australian economy?
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|
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
May 2012 |
Apr 2013 |
Sep 2013 |
Jan 2014 |
Apr 2014 |
Aug 2014 |
| Total good |
27% |
28% |
33% |
28% |
12% |
35% |
45% |
40% |
34% |
38% |
37% |
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| Total poor |
33% |
34% |
28% |
33% |
48% |
29% |
26% |
25% |
26% |
24% |
26% |
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| Very good |
3% |
3% |
4% |
2% |
– |
6% |
8% |
6% |
4% |
3% |
6% |
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| Good |
24% |
25% |
29% |
26% |
12% |
29% |
37% |
34% |
30% |
35% |
31% |
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| Neither good nor poor |
36% |
35% |
37% |
31% |
33% |
33% |
28% |
32% |
36% |
34% |
35% |
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| Poor |
24% |
24% |
23% |
26% |
30% |
20% |
17% |
20% |
21% |
19% |
18% |
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| Very poor |
9% |
10% |
5% |
7% |
18% |
9% |
9% |
5% |
5% |
5% |
8% |
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| Don’t know |
4% |
3% |
2% |
7% |
7% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
4% |
4% |
3% |
27% described the economy as good or very good and 33% poor/very poor – 36% said it was neither. This represents a substantial net decline from +11 to -6 since August.
Views on the state of the economy were similar across age and voter groups. Among Labor voters 28% thought it was good and 34% poor; for Liberal/National voters 33% said it was good and 28% poor.