Party Identification
Q. Now regardless of your present view of things, which federal party do you normally consider yourself closest to?
% | |
Labor | 40% |
Liberal | 32% |
National | 3% |
Greens | 6% |
Democrats | 2% |
Family First | 2% |
Independent or other party | 3% |
Don’t know | 11% |
40% of those surveyed indicated the party they normally consider themselves closest to is Labor, 35% indicated Liberal/National, 6% Greens and 11% don’t know. Comments »
Strength of party identification
Q. Do you consider yourself a very strong supporter, a fairly strong or not a very strong supporter of that party?
Total % | Party ID | |||
Labor | Coalition | Greens | ||
Very strong | 25% | 25% | 29% | 18% |
Fairly strong | 52% | 55% | 51% | 60% |
Not very strong | 22% | 18% | 19% | 22% |
Don’t know | 1% | 1% | 1% | * |
People that normally consider themselves Coalition supporters were slightly more likely than Labor supporters to indicate their party support as very strong (29% v 25%). 55% of Labor supporters and 60% of Greens supporters indicated their party support as fairly strong. Comments »

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