economy, financial interests, interests of Australians, middle class in Australia
Q. Which party – Labor or Liberal – do you think is best when it comes to:
|
Labor |
Liberal |
No Difference |
Don’t Know |
Difference (Labor v. Liberal) |
|
| Representing the interests of Australian working families |
47% |
20% |
26% |
7% |
27% |
| Representing the interests of you and people like you |
39% |
29% |
24% |
8% |
10% |
| Standing up for the middle class in Australia |
38% |
24% |
29% |
9% |
14% |
| Representing the interests of the large corporate and financial interests |
13% |
54% |
22% |
11% |
-41% |
| Being more concerned about the interests of working families in Australia than the rich and large business and financial interests |
46% |
17% |
26% |
10% |
29% |
| Handling the economy overall |
26% |
40% |
23% |
10% |
-14% |
| Handling the economy in a way that tries to take the interests of working families into consideration as much as it takes the interests of the large corporate and financial groups |
37% |
27% |
23% |
13% |
10% |
| Handling the economy in a way that best helps small business |
27% |
32% |
28% |
13% |
-5% |
| Handling the economy in a way that best helps the middle class |
31% |
30% |
27% |
12% |
1% |
| Handling the economy in a way that helps you and people like you the most. |
37% |
29% |
23% |
11% |
8% |
Labor was more likely to be selected as the party best at all of the items, except for ‘Representing the interests of the large corporate and financial interests’ (54% Liberal, 13% Labor), ‘Handling the economy overall’ (40% Liberal, 26% Labor) and ‘Handling the economy in a way that best helps small business’ (32% Liberal, 27% Labor).