The West Australian - WA state poll - 9 March 2017

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 03/11/2017 - 14:07

ReachTEL conducted a survey of 2,573 residents across Western Australia. The survey was conducted the night of 9^th March 2017.

Question 1:

If a state election were to be held today, which of the following will receive your first preference vote?

	Total	After undecided
Liberal	32.7%	34.0%
The Nationals	5.8%	6.1%
Labor	40.3%	41.3%
The Greens	6.3%	6.4%
One Nation	6.6%	7.0%
Other / Independent	4.7%	5.2%
Undecided	3.5%

Two-party preferred:

Undecided votes distributed as per Question 1a and preferences distributed as per Question 1b:

	Total
*Liberal / Nat*	*46%*
*Labor*	*54%*

Question 1a:

Being undecided to which of the following do you have even a slight leaning?

	Total
Liberal	35.2%
The Nationals	8.8%
Labor	26.4%
The Greens	2.2%
One Nation	12.1%
Other / Independent	15.4%

Respondents included are only those who answered ‘Undecided’ to Question 1

Question 1b:

Which of the follow parties would you preference highest?

	Total
Liberal	46.7%
Labor	53.3%

Note: Only those respondents that didn’t choose ‘Liberal’ or ‘Labor’ in Question 1 were included in Question 2

Question 2:

Who of the following do you think would make the better Premier?

	Total	Female	Male	18 - 34	35 - 50	51 - 65	65+
Colin Barnett	43.5%	40.9%	46.8%	36.3%	38.8%	42.0%	47.0%
Mark McGowan	56.5%	59.1%	53.2%	63.8%	61.2%	58.0%	53.0%

	Total	Liberal	Labor	Greens	Und
Colin Barnett	43.5%	96.1%	4.1%	11.1%	38.5%
Mark McGowan	56.5%	3.9%	95.9%	88.9%	61.5%

Question 3:

Which of the two major parties do you believe is better able to improve the economy?

	Total	Female	Male	18 - 34	35 - 50	51 - 65	65+
Liberal	45.2%	42.4%	48.8%	30.6%	43.6%	44.3%	48.5%
Labor	54.8%	57.6%	51.2%	69.4%	56.4%	55.7%	51.5%

	Total	Liberal	Labor	Greens	ONP	Und
Liberal	45.2%	96.9%	3.5%	14.8%	55.6%	45.1%
Labor	54.8%	3.1%	96.5%	85.2%	44.4%	54.9%

Question 4:

Which of the two major parties do you believe is better able to restore the State Government’s finances?

	Total	Female	Male	18 - 34	35 - 50	51 - 65	65+
Liberal	45.7%	42.7%	49.5%	36.9%	43.6%	43.6%	49.1%
Labor	54.3%	57.3%	50.5%	63.1%	56.4%	56.4%	50.9%

	Total	Liberal	Labor	Greens	ONP	Und
Liberal	45.7%	96.0%	4.9%	15.4%	60.2%	46.2%
Labor	54.3%	4.0%	95.1%	84.6%	39.8%	53.8%

Question 5:

Which of the two major parties do you believe is better able to reduce crime?

	Total	Female	Male	18 - 34	35 - 50	51 - 65	65+
Liberal	44.6%	42.3%	47.4%	32.5%	41.0%	43.0%	48.5%
Labor	55.4%	57.7%	52.6%	67.5%	59.0%	57.0%	51.5%

	Total	Liberal	Labor	Greens	ONP	Und
Liberal	44.6%	93.3%	6.2%	13.0%	52.6%	46.2%
Labor	55.4%	6.7%	93.8%	87.0%	47.4%	53.8%

Question 6:

Which of the two major parties do you believe is better able to build the infrastructure the State needs?

	Total	Female	Male	18 - 34	35 - 50	51 - 65	65+
Liberal	46.3%	44.1%	48.9%	35.6%	45.7%	45.1%	48.8%
Labor	53.7%	55.9%	51.1%	64.4%	54.3%	54.9%	51.2%

	Total	Liberal	Labor	Greens	ONP	Und
Liberal	46.3%	94.5%	7.5%	15.4%	56.7%	52.7%
Labor	53.7%	5.5%	92.5%	84.6%	43.3%	47.3%

Question 7:

Which of the two major parties do you believe is better able to provide essential social services such as health and education?

	Total	Female	Male	18 - 34	35 - 50	51 - 65	65+
Liberal	39.5%	37.9%	41.4%	28.1%	34.4%	36.3%	44.8%
Labor	60.5%	62.1%	58.6%	71.9%	65.6%	63.7%	55.2%

	Total	Liberal	Labor	Greens	ONP	Und
Liberal	39.5%	86.9%	2.8%	9.3%	53.2%	27.5%
Labor	60.5%	13.1%	97.2%	90.7%	46.8%	72.5%

Question 8:

Which of the following is your main reason for voting Labor?

	Total	Female	Male	18 - 34	35 - 50	51 - 65	65+
I usually vote Labor	12.2%	12.2%	12.3%	10.3%	11.5%	13.3%	12.1%
It’s time for a change of Government	27.2%	29.7%	24.0%	25.9%	27.6%	27.5%	27.2%
I don’t want Western Power to be privatised	27.0%	25.3%	29.2%	29.3%	21.8%	24.4%	30.3%
I don’t like the Roe 8 highway project	6.7%	8.0%	5.0%	10.3%	6.4%	7.2%	5.9%
I don’t like Colin Barnett	16.3%	15.2%	17.7%	15.5%	17.3%	14.4%	17.4%
Some other reason	10.5%	9.7%	11.7%	8.6%	15.4%	13.1%	7.2%

	Total	Labor	Und
I usually vote Labor	12.2%	12.3%	8.3%
It’s time for a change of Government	27.2%	27.4%	20.8%
I don’t want Western Power to be privatised	27.0%	26.6%	45.8%
I don’t like the Roe 8 highway project	6.7%	6.8%	4.2%
I don’t like Colin Barnett	16.3%	16.5%	8.3%
Some other reason	10.5%	10.4%	12.5%

Note: Only respondents who answered ‘Labor’ to Question 1 and Question 1a were asked Question 8

Question 9:

The Liberal Party has done a preference deal with Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party. Do you agree with the Liberals’ decision to enter into a preference deal with One Nation?

	Total	Female	Male	18 - 34	35 - 50	51 - 65	65+
Agree	22.3%	18.4%	27.1%	17.6%	23.5%	21.5%	23.0%
Disagree	60.7%	63.0%	57.9%	69.8%	61.7%	62.1%	58.3%
Undecided	17.0%	18.6%	14.9%	12.6%	14.8%	16.4%	18.7%

	Total	Liberal	Labor	Greens	ONP	Und
Agree	22.3%	45.6%	2.9%	4.9%	56.7%	12.1%
Disagree	60.7%	30.3%	86.3%	82.7%	24.6%	63.7%
Undecided	17.0%	24.1%	10.8%	12.3%	18.7%	24.2%

Question 10:

Will the fact that the Liberals have done a preference deal with One Nation make you more or less likely to vote for the Liberal Party in the State Election?

	Total	Female	Male	18 - 34	35 - 50	51 - 65	65+
More likely	20.7%	19.2%	22.6%	16.3%	18.7%	18.8%	23.3%
Less likely	40.9%	42.6%	38.7%	53.8%	44.5%	44.6%	35.3%
Vote unchanged	38.4%	38.2%	38.7%	30.0%	36.8%	36.6%	41.3%

	Total	Liberal	Labor	Greens	ONP	Und
More likely	20.7%	39.1%	6.7%	6.8%	46.2%	9.9%
Less likely	40.9%	13.2%	58.9%	66.0%	21.6%	48.4%
Vote unchanged	38.4%	47.7%	34.4%	27.2%	32.2%	41.8%

This survey was conducted using an automated telephone based survey system among 2,573 voters. The data has been weighted to reflect the population age and gender distribution as provided by the ABS. Telephone numbers and the person within the household were selected at random. Copyright ReachTEL Pty Ltd.

Tags:

Voice