21 May 12, 210512, Credit for interest rates, Labor Government, Labor Party policies
Q. How much credit do you give the policies of the Labor Government for this fall in interest rates?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| A lot |
7% |
19% |
2% |
9% |
| A fair amount |
19% |
38% |
9% |
23% |
| A little |
27% |
28% |
22% |
38% |
| None |
35% |
7% |
59% |
15% |
| Don’t know |
12% |
9% |
6% |
15% |
Only 26% give the policies of the Labor Government a lot or a fair amount of credit for the fall in interest rates. 35% give them no credit at all.
57% of Labor voters and 11% of Coalition voters give the Government a lot or a fair amount of credit.
Those most likely to give a lot or a fair amount of credit to Labor Government policies were men (30%), aged under 35 (31%), and incomes under $1,000pw (32%).