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Federal voting intention

4 Jul 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 19/618 4 weeks ago 5/6/18   Election  2 Jul 16
Liberal 36%   35% 34%    
National 4%   3% 3%    
Total Liberal/National 40%   38% 36%   42.0%
Labor 37%   35% 37%   34.7%
Greens 11%   11% 10%   10.2%
Nick Xenophon Team 1%   2% 2%    
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation 6%   7% 8%    
Other/Independent 5%   7% 7%   13.1%
2 party preferred            
Liberal National 48%   48% 46%   50.4%
Labor 52%   52% 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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