Party Best At…
Q. Which party – Labor or Liberal – do you think is best when it comes to:
Labor |
Liberal |
No difference |
Don’t know |
Difference |
|
Representing the interests of Australian working families |
37% |
25% |
29% |
9% |
+12 |
Representing the interests of you and people like you |
29% |
35% |
26% |
10% |
-6 |
Standing up for the middle class in Australia |
26% |
33% |
30% |
11% |
-7 |
Representing the interests of the large corporate and financial interests |
10% |
54% |
25% |
11% |
-44 |
Being more concerned about the interests of working families in Australia than the rich and large business and financial interests |
37% |
22% |
30% |
11% |
+15 |
Handling the economy overall |
22% |
41% |
26% |
10% |
-19 |
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 |
29% |
34% |
25% |
12% |
-5 |
Handling the economy in a way that best helps small business |
22% |
40% |
25% |
13% |
-18 |
Handling the economy in a way that best helps the middle class |
23% |
38% |
27% |
12% |
-15 |
Handling the economy in a way that helps you and people like you the most. |
26% |
36% |
27% |
11% |
-10 |
Labor was considered best at representing the interests of Australian working families (37%) and being more concerned about the interests of working families in Australia than the rich and large business and financial interests (37%). The Liberals were considered best on all the other measures.
In particular, the Liberal Party was considered much better on representing the interests of the large corporate and financial interests (54%), handling the economy overall (41%) and handling the economy in a way that best helps small business (40%).

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