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Trust to deal with GFC

7 May 2012

Q. If there was another Global Financial Crisis, which party would you trust most to deal with it?

 

15 Aug 11

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

The Labor Party

31%

25%

68%

2%

42%

The Liberal Party

40%

42%

5%

83%

5%

No difference

20%

23%

19%

11%

39%

Don’t know

9%

10%

8%

4%

14%

If there was another GFC, 42% would trust the Liberal Party more to handle it and 25% would trust the Labor Party more. This represents a shift to the Liberal Party from net +9% to net +17%

The Liberal Party was rated higher than Labor with all demographic groups. Those most likely to trust the Liberal Party more were men (47%), aged 55+ (48%), full-time workers (50%) and income over $1,600 pw (50%).

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