Q. Do you think the Labor Party is becoming more progressive or more conservative?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Dec 2015 | |||
More progressive | 21% | 38% | 11% | 19% | 19% | 14% | ||
More conservative | 21% | 16% | 27% | 42% | 19% | 24% | ||
Neither | 37% | 31% | 46% | 25% | 46% | 39% | ||
Don’t know | 21% | 15% | 16% | 14% | 16% | 24% |
21% think the Labor Party is becoming more conservative and 21% think it is becoming more progressive. 37% think it is neither.
Among Labor voters, 16% think it is becoming more conservative and 38% more progressive.
52% of those aged 55+ think the Labor Party is becoming neither more conservative nor more conservative.
Compared to 12 months ago, there has been an increase in those thinking the Labor Party is becoming more progressive (up 7%)