020413, 2 April 2013, liberal party interests
Q. Whose interests do you think the Liberal Party mainly represent?
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Working class |
Middle class |
|
Working class |
5% |
6% |
7% |
2% |
10% |
4% |
Middle class |
20% |
9% |
33% |
13% |
16% |
25% |
Upper class |
40% |
68% |
17% |
64% |
42% |
39% |
All of them |
17% |
4% |
33% |
4% |
11% |
21% |
None of them |
8% |
7% |
4% |
7% |
9% |
6% |
Don’t know |
9% |
6% |
7% |
10% |
12% |
5% |
40% believe that the Liberal Party mainly represents upper class people and 20% think they represent the middle class. 68% of Labor voters think the Labor Party mainly and 64% of Greens voters think they mainly represent the upper class. 33% of Liberal/National voters think they represent the middle class and 33% think they represent all classes.
42% of respondents who describe themselves as working class and 39% of those who say they are middle class think the Liberal Party mainly represents the upper class.