Q. Has it been a good or bad year for each of the following political parties?
Total good (Dec 10) |
Total bad (Dec 10) |
Total good (Dec 11) |
Total bad (Dec 11) |
Total good (Dec 12) |
Total bad (Dec 12) |
Very good |
Good |
Neither good nor bad |
Bad |
Very bad |
Don’t know |
|
The Liberal Party |
33% |
27% |
27% |
30% |
19% |
40% |
5% |
14% |
34% |
27% |
13% |
7% |
The Labor Party |
21% |
47% |
16% |
53% |
15% |
57% |
4% |
11% |
21% |
30% |
27% |
6% |
The Greens |
42% |
21% |
33% |
29% |
14% |
44% |
2% |
12% |
32% |
23% |
21% |
12% |
The independents |
na |
na |
na |
na |
13% |
33% |
2% |
11% |
39% |
18% |
15% |
14% |
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
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Total good |
Total bad |
Total good |
Total bad |
Total good |
Total bad |
Total good |
Total bad |
|
The Liberal Party |
19% |
40% |
9% |
62% |
37% |
19% |
6% |
69% |
The Labor Party |
15% |
57% |
37% |
35% |
4% |
80% |
23% |
51% |
The Greens |
14% |
44% |
20% |
31% |
6% |
64% |
48% |
9% |
The independents |
13% |
33% |
18% |
24% |
9% |
50% |
31% |
17% |
Respondents were more likely to think it has been a relatively bad year for all political parties. 57% think it has been a bad year for the Labor Party and 40% think it has been a bad year for the Liberal Party.
Among their own voters 48% (down 22%) think it has been a good year for the Greens , 37% (down 8%) the Liberal Party and 37% (up 2%) the Labor Party.
Compared to last year’s results, all parties figures have declined – The Greens net +4% to -30%, Liberals from net -3% to -21% and Labor from net -37% to -42%.