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Trust in Federal Government

20 Nov 2017

Q. How much trust do you have in the Federal Government to do what is right for Australia?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other
A lot of trust 8%   6% 17% 2% 2%
Some trust 34%   34% 49% 20% 22%
Not much trust 32%   37% 25% 45% 34%
No trust at all 21%   18% 8% 28% 42%
Don’t know 5%   5% 1% 5%

 

42% have a lot or some trust in the Government to do what is right for Australia and 53% have not much or no trust.

Those least likely to trust the Government were Greens voters (73% not much/no trust) and other voters (76%).

Those most likely to trust the Government were LNP voters (66% trust) and university educated (58%).

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