16 July 2012, 160712, extreme, Greens Policies, public opinion, The Greens
Q. Do you think that The Greens’ policies are too extreme or do they represent the views of many voters?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Too extreme |
53% |
50% |
70% |
4% |
| Represent the views of many voters |
26% |
27% |
18% |
87% |
| Don’t know |
21% |
23% |
12% |
9% |
53% think The Greens’ policies are too extreme and 26% think they represent the views of many voters.
Those most likely to think The Greens’ policies are too extreme were men (61%), aged 55+ (77%) and Liberal/National voters (70%).
37% of respondents aged under 35 think they represent the views of many voters and 35% think they are too extreme.
18 June 2012, 180612, business groups, environment groups, government in the media, large corporations, mass media, religious groups, The Greens, the labor party, the liberal party, unions
Q. Overall, do you think media reporting is biased in favour or against the following groups?
|
Biased in favour |
Biased against |
Not biased |
Don’t know |
Net score |
|
| Business groups |
27% |
14% |
29% |
30% |
+13 |
| The Liberal Party |
26% |
22% |
26% |
26% |
+4 |
| Large corporations |
26% |
25% |
23% |
27% |
+1 |
| Environment groups |
22% |
25% |
26% |
27% |
-3 |
| The Greens |
19% |
27% |
27% |
27% |
-8 |
| Religious groups |
14% |
24% |
32% |
30% |
-10 |
| The Labor Party |
18% |
31% |
26% |
25% |
-13 |
| Unions |
18% |
32% |
23% |
26% |
-14 |
Net score = bias in favour minus bias against.
Overall, respondents think that media reporting is biased in favour of business groups and biased against unions, the Labor Party and religious groups. They were evenly divided over whether media reporting is biased for or against the Liberal Party, large corporations, and environment groups.
Among Labor voters, 50% think the media are biased against the Labor Party and 43% think they are biased in favour of the Liberal Party.
Among Coalition voters, 34% think the media are biased against the Liberal Party and 29% think they are biased in favour of the Labor Party.
57% of Greens voters think the media are biased against the Greens.
21 May 12, 210512, Federal Election, federal politics voting intention, Independents, Labor Party, Liberal Party, The Greens
Q. If a Federal Election was held today to which party will you probably give your first preference vote? If not sure, which party are you currently leaning toward?
Q. If don’t know -Well which party are you currently leaning to?
Sample size = 1,918 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 21 Aug 10 |
4 weeks ago 23/4/12 |
2 weeks ago 7/5/12 |
Last week 14/5/12 |
This week 21/5/12 |
| Liberal |
|
45% |
47% |
47% |
46% |
| National |
|
3% |
3% |
3% |
3% |
| Total Lib/Nat |
43.6% |
49% |
50% |
50% |
49% |
| Labor |
38.0% |
31% |
29% |
30% |
33% |
| Greens |
11.8% |
11% |
11% |
11% |
10% |
| Other/Independent |
6.6% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
8% |
| 2PP |
Election 21 Aug 10 |
4 weeks ago |
2 weeks ago |
Last week |
This week |
| Total Lib/Nat |
49.9% |
56% |
58% |
57% |
56% |
| Labor |
50.1% |
44% |
42% |
43% |
44 |
NB. The data in the above tables comprise 2-week averages derived from the first preference/leaning to voting questions. Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ are not included in the results. The two-party preferred estimate is calculated by distributing the votes of the other parties according to their preferences at the 2010 election. These estimates have a confidence interval of approx. + or – 2%.
23 April 2012, 230412, Approval rating, Bob Brown, Greens, Parliament, Polling, polls, resignation, Senate, The Greens
Q. Last week Bob Brown resigned from Parliament and the leadership of the Greens, after 16 years as a member of the Senate. Do you approve or disapprove of the performance of Bob Brown over his 16 years in Parliament?
|
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
| Total approve |
42% |
60% |
24% |
89% |
| Total disapprove |
34% |
15% |
56% |
1% |
| Strongly approve |
9% |
14% |
3% |
38% |
| Approve |
33% |
46% |
21% |
51% |
| Disapprove |
19% |
13% |
29% |
1% |
| Strongly disapprove |
15% |
2% |
27% |
– |
| Don’t know |
24% |
25% |
20% |
10 |
42% approve the performance of Bob Brown over his 16 years in Parliament and 34% disapprove. A majority of Greens voters (89%) and Labor voters (60%) approve but 56% of Liberal/National voters disapprove.
Men split 40% approve/41% disapprove compared to women 43% approve/28% disapprove.
By age group, approval/disapproval was 46%/21% for under 35’s, 43%/31% for 35-54’s and 35%/56% for 55+.
2012, 2012 Outlook, ALP, Labor Party, Liberal Party, LNP, political parties, Polling, polls, The Greens
Q. Do you think 2012 will be a good or bad year for each of the following political parties?
| Total good
Dec 10 |
Total bad
Dec10 |
Total good | Total bad | Very good | Good | Neither good nor bad | Bad | Very bad | Don’t know | |
| The Liberal Party | 35% | 18% | 36% | 24% | 8% | 28% | 28% | 17% | 7% | 12% |
| The Labor Party | 19% | 40% | 16% | 49% | 3% | 13% | 23% | 29% | 20% | 11% |
| The Greens | 22% | 29% | 17% | 37% | 2% | 15% | 32% | 20% | 17% | 13% |
Respondents expect that 2012 is likely to be a relatively good year for the Liberal Party (36% good/24% bad) and a bad year for the Labor Party (16%/49%) and the Greens (17%/37%).
Among their own voters, 67% expect the Liberals to have a good year, 38% expect Labor to have a good year and 67% expect the Greens to have a good year.
Compared to expectations 12 months ago, respondents were somewhat less positive about all political parties – The Liberal Party has dropped form net +17% to net +12%, the Labor Party from -21% to -33% and the Greens from -7% to -20%.
Comparing these results with last week’s questions about 2011, respondents expect the Liberal Party to have a better year (net +12% next year this year compared to net -3% this year), the Labor Party to have a similar year (-33% next year, -37% this year) and the Greens to have a much worse year (-20% next year, +4% this year).
EMC, ER, Essential Media, Essential Report, Greens, Greens Attributes, Greens Policies, Polling, polls, The Greens
Q. And which statements do you feel fit the Greens?
| Extreme | 61% |
| Out of touch with ordinary people | 60% |
| Will promise to do anything to win votes | 52% |
| Clear about what they stand for | 51% |
| Have a vision for the future | 49% |
| Understands the problems facing Australia | 36% |
| Divided | 35% |
| Looks after the interests of working people | 31% |
| Keeps its promises | 31% |
| Has a good team of leaders | 29% |
| Moderate | 28% |
| Too close to the big corporate and financial interests | 22% |
The Greens’ main attributes were – extreme (61%), out of touch with ordinary people (60%), will promise to do anything to win votes (52%) and clear about what they stand for (51%). Compared to the major parties, the Greens were rated more highly for being clear about what they stand for and having a vision for the future.
ABC, ALP, EMC, ER, Essential Media, Essential Report, Greens, Greens Policies, Greens voters, Labor, Labor voters, peter lewis, Polling, polls, The Drum, The Greens
First published on The Drum: 12/04/2011
The Prime Minister has been dedicating a significant slice of stump time in recent weeks to explaining the differences between the ALP and the Greens, how one emerges from real-world struggles and the other is a group of out-of-touch extremists.
A similar debate has been being waged within the Greens following their underwhelming NSW state election performance, where a local candidate’s intervention in the Middle East peace provided the platform to portray the party as a collective of bat-faced ideologues.
But as the debate about the Greens’ orientation gains pertinence as they move to assume the balance of power in the Senate a more basic fact is being missed: Labor voters and Green voters agree on just about everything.
A review of findings to Essential Research questions over the past few months finds that on nearly every big debate the similarities between Greens voters and Labor voters far outweigh their differences.
EMC, ER, Essential Media, Essential Report, Greens, Labor, Liberal, Nationals, Network 10, Network Ten, Polling, polls, The Greens
Do you agree or disagree that – the Greens are an extreme political party that does not share the values of average Australians? (Question commissioned by Network Ten)
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Men | Women | Age
18-34 |
Aged
35-54 |
Aged 55+ | |
| Total agree | 52% | 44% | 74% | 7% | 60% | 44% | 41% | 51% | 65% |
| Total disagree | 30% | 41% | 14% | 87% | 30% | 30% | 34% | 31% | 24% |
| Strongly agree | 23% | 12% | 39% | – | 29% | 17% | 16% | 21% | 34% |
| Agree | 29% | 32% | 35% | 7% | 31% | 27% | 25% | 31% | 31% |
| Disagree | 21% | 32% | 13% | 29% | 22% | 20% | 21% | 23% | 18% |
| Strongly disagree | 9% | 7% | 1% | 58% | 8% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 6% |
| Don’t know | 18% | 17% | 12% | 7% | 9% | 27% | 25% | 18% | 11% |
Just over half the respondents (52%) agreed that the Greens are an extreme political party that does not share the values of average Australians and 30% disagree.
Those most likely to agree were Liberal/National voters (74%), men (60%) and those aged 65+ (65%). Labor voters were split with 44% agree and 41% disagree.