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Federal voting intention

13 Feb 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 30/1/18 4 weeks ago 16/1/18   Election  2 Jul 16
Liberal 33% 32% 34%
National 3% 3% 3%
Total Liberal/National 36%   35% 37%   42.0%
Labor 37%   36% 38%   34.7%
Greens 10% 10% 9% 10.2%
Nick Xenophon Team 4% 3% 3%
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation 6% 8% 6%
Other/Independent 7% 8% 7% 13.1%
2 party preferred
Liberal National 46%   46% 47%   50.4%
Labor 54%   54% 53%   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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