War Against Iraq
Q. It is 11 years since Australia went to war in Iraq. Do you think it was the right or wrong decision for Australia to go to war against Iraq?
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
April 2013 |
|
Right decision |
25% |
17% |
39% |
7% |
24% |
23% |
||
Wrong decision |
50% |
57% |
38% |
69% |
55% |
51% |
||
Don’t know |
25% |
25% |
23% |
24% |
22% |
26% |
50% believe Australia made the wrong decision to go to war in Iraq and 25% think it was the right decision. These results are not significantly different from those when this question was asked in April last year.
Those most likely to say it was the wrong decision were Greens voters (69%), Labor voters (57%) and people aged 55+ (60%).
39% of Liberal/National voters and 29% of men thought it was the right decision.

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