The Essential Report Archive Read the latest report

  • May, 2012

    , , , , , , ,

    Politicians Accused of an Offence

    Q. In general, if a politician is accused of an offence, do you think they should stand down from the positions they hold or should they be allowed to continue in their positions until a decision is made about their guilt or innocence?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Should stand down from their positions

    62%

    50%

    73%

    46%

    Should be allowed to continue in their positions

    27%

    41%

    20%

    39%

    Don’t know

    10%

    9%

    8%

    15%

    62% think that if a politician is accused of an offence, they should stand down from the positions they hold and 27% think should they be allowed to continue in their positions until a decision is made about their guilt or innocence.

    All demographic and voter groups were more likely to think they should stand down – although Labor (41%) and Greens (39%) voters recorded the highest support for allowing them to continue. Older respondents were more likely to think they should stand down – those aged 55+ split 72% stand down/23% continue and those aged 18-34 split 51% stand down/36% continue.

    Comments »

Error: