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  • May, 2014

    Handling of the Federal Budget

    Q. Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the way the Liberal-National Coalition government is handling the federal budget?

     

    Total

     

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other

    Total Approve

    30%

    7%

    69%

    10%

    8%

    Total Disapprove

    52%

    85%

    12%

    70%

    71%

    Strongly approve

    10%

    2%

    24%

    2%

    Approve

    20%

    5%

    45%

    8%

    8%

    Neither approve nor disapprove

    14%

    6%

    18%

    15%

    17%

    Disapprove

    19%

    23%

    11%

    16%

    33%

    Strongly disapprove

    33%

    62%

    1%

    54%

    38%

    Don’t know

    4%

    2%

    1%

    5%

    5%

    Just over half (52%) of Australians disapprove of the way the Lib-Nat Coalition government is handling the federal budget. 30% approve and 14% neither approve nor disapprove. 4% don’t know.

    Labor (85%), Greens (70%) and Other (71%) voters were far more likely to disapprove. Lib/Nat voters were more likely to approve (69%).

    There were no significant differences based on gender.

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