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  • Mar, 2010

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    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 »

  • Mar, 2010

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    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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