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Federal voting intention

4 Dec 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

20/11/18

4 weeks ago 6/11/18 Election  2 Jul 16
Liberal 34% 34% 33%
National 4% 3% 3%
Total Liberal/National 38% 37% 36% 42.0%
Labor 39% 35% 39% 34.7%
Greens 10% 11% 10% 10.2%
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation 6% 7% 6%
Other/Independent 7% 10% 9% 13.1%
2 party preferred
Liberal National 46% 48% 46% 50.4%
Labor 54% 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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