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Federal voting intention

9 Oct 2018

Q. If a Federal Election was held today to which party will you probably give your first preference vote? If not sure, which party are you currently leaning toward? If don’t know – Well which party are you currently leaning to?

Total   2 weeks ago

25/9/18

4 weeks ago 11/9/18   Election  2 Jul 16
Liberal 34% 34% 32%
National 4% 3% 3%
Total Liberal/National 38%   37% 36%   42.0%
Labor 37%   36% 37%   34.7%
Greens 10% 12% 10% 10.2%
Nick Xenophon Team 1% 1% 2%
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation 7% 5% 8%
Other/Independent 8% 9% 7% 13.1%
2 party preferred
Liberal National 47%   47% 46%   50.4%
Labor 53%   53% 54%   49.6%

 

  1. Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ are not included in the results. The two-party preferred estimate is calculated by distributing the votes of the other parties according to their preferences at the 2016 election.
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