Cutting petrol tax was extremely popular

Curia did a poll in March for the Taxpayers’ Union asking:

Turning to the cost of living, would you support a reduction in the tax levied on petrol to
combat rising petrol prices?

This was 85% done before the Government announced they were cutting petrol tax by 25 cents a litre.

The results were massive – 78% in favour and only 20% opposed.

The net support by party vote was:

• National +82%
• Labour +62%
• ACT +22%
• Greens -32%

It is a good reminder that there is a huge difference between Labour and Green voters. When Labour focuses on the 10% who are Green voters they forget about the 90% who are not, including most of their own voters.