Clear about what they stand for, Divided, Keeps its promises, Labor vs Liberal, Moderate, party attributes, working people
|
Labor |
Liberal |
|
Difference |
|
| Looks after the interests of working people |
54% |
31% |
+23 |
|
| Divided |
54% |
40% |
+14 |
|
| Moderate |
54% |
44% |
+10 |
|
| Have good policies |
42% |
39% |
+3 |
|
| Keeps its promises |
29% |
26% |
+3 |
|
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
46% |
44% |
+2 |
|
| Trustworthy |
30% |
28% |
+2 |
|
| Has a good team of leaders |
33% |
38% |
-5 |
|
| Will promise to do anything to win votes |
62% |
69% |
-7 |
|
| Have a vision for the future |
42% |
49% |
-7 |
|
| Clear about what they stand for |
36% |
46% |
-10 |
|
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
51% |
63% |
-12 |
|
| Extreme |
27% |
40% |
-13 |
|
| Too close to the big corporate and financial interests |
36% |
65% |
-29 |
The Labor Party is viewed more favourably than the Liberal Party in terms of looking after the interest of working people, moderate, being too close to the big corporate and financial interests, extreme and out of touch with ordinary people.
The Liberal Party is seen more favourably in terms of being divided and clear about what they stand for.
20 May 2013, 200513, Australian businesses, economy, Federal Budget, Impact of Budget, working people
Q. Do you think the Federal Budget was good or bad for you personally?
Q. Do you think the Federal Budget was good or bad for average working people?
Q. Do you think the Federal Budget was good or bad for Australian businesses?
Q. Do you think the Federal Budget was good or bad for the Australian economy overall?
|
You |
Working people |
Australian |
Economy |
|||||||||||
|
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
12 |
13 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
|
| Total good |
22% |
11% |
17% |
13% |
31% |
17% |
27% |
20% |
10% |
15% |
36% |
27% |
26% |
26% |
| Total bad |
26% |
29% |
26% |
36% |
24% |
40% |
32% |
25% |
43% |
33% |
28% |
29% |
32% |
34% |
| Very good |
3% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
4% |
2% |
3% |
3% |
1% |
2% |
6% |
4% |
4% |
5% |
| Good |
19% |
9% |
15% |
11% |
27% |
15% |
24% |
17% |
9% |
13% |
30% |
23% |
22% |
21% |
| Neither good nor bad |
33% |
44% |
44% |
38% |
33% |
30% |
9% |
31% |
29% |
32% |
10% |
25% |
25% |
24% |
| Bad |
18% |
21% |
17% |
22% |
19% |
27% |
22% |
19% |
28% |
20% |
18% |
21% |
21% |
21% |
| Very bad |
8% |
8% |
9% |
14% |
5% |
13% |
10% |
6% |
15% |
13% |
10% |
8% |
11% |
13% |
| Don’t know |
20% |
16% |
12% |
12% |
12% |
12% |
31% |
23% |
18% |
19% |
26% |
20% |
17% |
15% |
In terms of the economy overall, there was a similar response to the 2013 budget as to the last two year’s budgets. 26% (no change from last year) thought the budget was good for the economy and 34% (up 2%) thought it was bad. 56% of Labor voters thought the budget was good for the economy and 8% bad while only 8% of Liberal/national voters thought it was good and 56% bad.
38% of respondents thought the Federal budget was neither good nor bad for them personally – 13% (down 4% on last year) said it was good and 36% (up 10%) bad. 51% of those aged 55+ thought it was neither.
17% (down 14%) thought it was good for working people and 40% (up 16%) thought it was bad.
15% (up 5%) thought the budget was good for businesses, 33% (down 10%) bad and 32% said it was neither.
06 August 2012, 060812, ALP, better policies, carers, Labor, Liberals, low income earners, pensioners, people with disabilities, unemployed people, working people
Q. Which party do you think has the better policies for the following groups of people?
|
Labor Party |
Liberal Party |
No difference |
Don’t know |
|
| Pensioners |
32% |
21% |
30% |
17% |
| Unemployed people |
36% |
18% |
29% |
17% |
| People with disabilities |
32% |
16% |
30% |
22% |
| Carers |
30% |
18% |
30% |
22% |
| People on low incomes |
40% |
18% |
26% |
16% |
| All working people |
29% |
30% |
26% |
15% |
The Labor Party was thought to have better policies than the Liberal Party on all issues except “all working people” where both parties had similar ratings. In particular the Labor Party was thought to have better policies for people on low incomes (40% Labor/18% Liberal), unemployed people (36%/18%) and people with disabilities (32%/16%).
Of those aged 55+, 40% thought Labor had better policies for pensioners and 23% thought the Liberals had better policies.
30% think the Liberals have better policies for all working people and 29% think Labor has better policies. Full-time workers are more likely to think The Liberals have better policies (37% Liberal/24% Labor) which part-time workers are more likely to favour Labor (37% Labor/29% Liberal).
28 May 2012, 280512, Australia’s future, Labor Government, Labor Party Attributes, votes, working people
Q. Here is a list of things both favourable and unfavourable that have been said about various political parties. Which statements do you feel fit the Labor Party?
|
6 Jul 09 |
14 Mar 10
|
27 April 11
|
28 May 12 |
% change |
|
| Divided |
30% |
36% |
66% |
73% |
+7% |
| Will promise to do anything to win votes |
57% |
63% |
72% |
70% |
-2% |
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
44% |
48% |
61% |
58% |
-3% |
| Moderate |
65% |
63% |
51% |
50% |
-1% |
| Looks after the interests of working people |
|
|
39% |
47% |
+8% |
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
62% |
54% |
40% |
46% |
+6% |
| Have a vision for the future |
|
|
43% |
41% |
-2% |
| Too close to the big corporate and financial interests |
|
|
46% |
36% |
-10% |
| Extreme |
25% |
26% |
38% |
31% |
-7% |
| Clear about what they stand for |
|
|
28% |
31% |
+3% |
| Has a good team of leaders |
60% |
52% |
34% |
29% |
-5% |
| Keeps its promises |
44% |
33% |
20% |
22% |
+2% |
The Labor Party’s main attributes were – divided (73%), will promise anything to win votes (70%), out of touch with ordinary people (58%) and moderate (50%).
Main changes since last April were – too close to the big corporate and financial interests (down 10% to 36%), looks after the interests of working people (up 8% to 47%), divided (up 7% to 73%), extreme (down 7% to 31%) and understands the problems facing Australia (up 6% to 46%).
14 May 2012, 140512, Australian businesses, budget, Budget Surplus, Federal Budget, Polling, polls, working people
Q. Do you think the Federal Budget was good or bad for you personally?
Q. Do you think the Federal Budget was good or bad for average working people?
Q. Do you think the Federal Budget was good or bad for Australian businesses?
Q. Do you think the Federal Budget was good or bad for the Australian economy overall?
|
You personally |
Working people |
Australian businesses |
Economy overall |
|||||||
|
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2012 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
|
| Total good |
22% |
11% |
17% |
31% |
27% |
20% |
10% |
36% |
27% |
26% |
| Total bad |
26% |
29% |
26% |
24% |
32% |
25% |
43% |
28% |
29% |
32% |
| Very good |
3% |
2% |
2% |
4% |
3% |
3% |
1% |
6% |
4% |
4% |
| Good |
19% |
9% |
15% |
27% |
24% |
17% |
9% |
30% |
23% |
22% |
| Neither good nor bad |
33% |
44% |
44% |
33% |
9% |
31% |
29% |
10% |
25% |
25% |
| Bad |
18% |
21% |
17% |
19% |
22% |
19% |
28% |
18% |
21% |
21% |
| Very bad |
8% |
8% |
9% |
5% |
10% |
6% |
15% |
10% |
8% |
11% |
| Don’t know |
20% |
16% |
12% |
12% |
31% |
23% |
18% |
26% |
20% |
17% |
In terms of the economy overall there was a similar response to the 2012 budget compared to last year’s. 26% (down 1%) thought the economy was good for the economy and 32% (up 3%) thought it was bad.
44% of respondents thought the Federal budget was neither good nor bad for them personally – 17% (up 6%) said it was good and 26% (down 3%) bad. 28% of respondents aged 35-44 thought it was good for them while 38% of those aged 55+ thought it was bad.
31% thought it was good for working people and 24% thought it was bad. 35% of part-time workers thought it was good for working people.
43% (up 18%) thought the budget was bad for business, 10% (down 10%) good and 29% said it was neither.
19 March 2012, 190312, Polling, polls, Union, union movement, unions, workers, working people
Q. Overall, do you think unions have been good or bad for Australian working people?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Work full time |
Work part time |
|
| Total good |
48% |
72% |
31% |
70% |
48% |
48% |
| Total bad |
17% |
6% |
31% |
3% |
18% |
18% |
| Very good |
12% |
26% |
4% |
21% |
13% |
10% |
| Good |
36% |
46% |
27% |
49% |
35% |
38% |
| Neither good nor bad |
28% |
19% |
34% |
16% |
28% |
29% |
| Bad |
11% |
4% |
19% |
3% |
12% |
10% |
| Very bad |
6% |
2% |
12% |
– |
6% |
8% |
| Don’t know |
6% |
3% |
4% |
10% |
6% |
5% |
48% think that unions have been good for Australian working people, 17% think they have been bad, and 28% think they have been neither good nor bad.
72% of Labor voters and 70% of Greens voters think they have been good and Liberal/National voters are split 31% good/31% bad.
There was no difference between the views of workers and non-workers and very little difference be age, gender or income.
19 March 2012, 190312, Polling, polls, Union, union movement, unions, workers, working people
Q. And how important are unions for Australian working people today?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Work full time |
Work part time |
|
| Total very/quite important |
56% |
80% |
39% |
71% |
55% |
57% |
| Very important |
19% |
34% |
8% |
31% |
18% |
16% |
| Quite important |
37% |
46% |
31% |
40% |
37% |
41% |
| Not very important |
27% |
12% |
39% |
21% |
30% |
31% |
| Not at all important |
8% |
2% |
16% |
– |
8% |
8% |
| Don’t know |
9% |
6% |
6% |
7% |
7% |
5% |
56% think that unions are very or quite important for Australian working people today.
80% of Labor voters and 71% of Greens voters think they are important compared to only 39% of Liberal/National voters.
There was little difference by age and gender groups – but those on lower incomes were a little more likely to think unions are important (63% of those earning less than $1,000pw).