Q. Thinking about the Federal Parliament, how much difference do you think there is between the policies of the Labor Party and the Liberal Party?

Total

8 Nov 10

Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
Very little difference 29% 21% 20% 13% 29%
Some difference 43% 39% 41% 40% 51%
A lot of difference 19% 31% 32% 44% 15%
Don’t know 9% 8% 6% 4% 4%

21% of respondents think that there is very little difference between the policies of the Labor and Liberal parties. This is less than in November 2010 (29%). 39% of respondents think that there is some difference and 31% think there is a lot of difference (up from 19% in November last year).

Green voters (29%) were more likely to think that there is little difference.

There is little difference between the responses by gender or state.

Those aged 65+ were the most likely to think that there is a lot of difference between the policies of Labor and the Liberal parties (55%).

Essential Report

Two Party Preferred: 05 March 12

Labor
44+/- 0
Coalition

56+/- 0

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