ACNielsen questions from weekend 21-23 May 2004

Q.1 voting intention

Q.1a If a Federal Election for the House of Representatives were held
   today, which party would receive your first preference vote?
   READ OUT ALL. ROTATE 1 & 2
 
   1 Labor Party
   2 Liberal Party
   3 National Party
   4 Australian Democrats
   5 The Greens
   6 An independent candidate
   7 One Nation Party
   8 Some other party
   DO NOT READ OUT
   9 Don't know
 
   IF Q.1A= CODES 1 - 3 SKIP TO Q.2a
   IF Q.1A = CODES 4 - 8 SKIP TO Q.1C
   IFQ.1A= CODE 9 CONTINUE TO Q.1B
 
   Q.1b Which party do you have a leaning towards at present?
   DO NOT READ OUT
 
   1 Labor Party
   2 Liberal Party
   3 National Party
   4 Australian Democrats
   5 The Greens
   6 An independent candidate
   7 One Nation Party
   8 Some other party
   9 Don't know
 
   IF Q.1B = CODES 1 - 3 SKIP TO Q.2a
   IF Q.1B = CODE 9 SKIP TO Q.2a
   IFQ.1B = CODES 4-8 CONTINUE TO Q.1C
 
   Q.1c At a Federal Election you will be required to vote for all
   candidates in your electorate in order of preference. Given this, will
 you
   give a higher preference to the Labor Party candidate or the
   Liberal/National Party candidate?
   DO NOT READ OUT
 
   1 Labor Party
   2 Liberal/National Party
   9 Don't know
 

Q2 and Q3: Preferred PM and job satisfaction


Q.4 Budget

 From what you have seen and heard about this year's Federal Budget,
do you think it will be good or bad for Australia?
DO NOT READ OUT

1 Good
2 Bad
3 No difference
9 Don't know

Q.5 Iraq

 Thinking about the war in Iraq and its outcome, do you believe that
the war was justified or not?  
DO NOT READ OUT

1 Yes, justified
2 No, not justified
9 Don't know