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  • Mar, 2012

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    Leadership Challenge Good or Bad for Government

    Q. Do you think the recent leadership challenge has been good or bad for the Labor Government?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Total good

    13%

    30%

    7%

    16%

    Total bad

    62%

    39%

    80%

    50%

    Very good

    4%

    10%

    2%

    4

    Good

    9%

    20%

    5%

    12%

    Neither good nor bad

    18%

    26%

    12%

    28%

    Bad

    24%

    25%

    22%

    28%

    Very bad

    38%

    14%

    58%

    22%

    Don’t know

    6%

    4%

    2%

    6%

    62% think that the recent leadership challenge was bad for the Labor Party and only 13% think it was good.

    Labor voters were split – 39% think it was bad, 30% good and 26% neither good nor bad.

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  • Mar, 2012

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    More or Less Likely to Vote Labor

    Q. Has the re-election of Julia Gillard as leader of the Labor Party made you more or less likely to support the ALP at the next federal election.

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Total more likely

    13%

    33%

    5%

    18%

    Total less likely

    47%

    21%

    64%

    38%

    Much more likely

    6%

    17%

    1%

    5%

    A little more likely

    7%

    16%

    4%

    13%

    A little less likely

    10%

    11%

    7%

    16%

    Much less likely

    37%

    10%

    57%

    22%

    Makes no difference

    34%

    42%

    30%

    43%

    Don’t know

    5%

    3%

    1%

    47% say that the re-election of Julia Gillard as leader has made them less likely to support the Labor Party and only 13% say it has made them more likely to support the Labor Party at the next election.

    Among Labor voters, 33% say it has made them more likely and 21% less likely to support Labor.

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