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Expected Winner
Q. Which party do you expect will win the 2019 Federal election and form Government?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Liberal / National | Vote Greens | NET: Vote Other | Last week
06/05/19 |
Two weeks ago
29/04/19 |
|
Labor | 59% | 92% | 29% | 75% | 55% | 54% | 59% |
Liberal/National | 41% | 8% | 71% | 25% | 45% | 46% | 41% |
- Heading into the final week of campaigning, 59% of voters believe Labor will triumph over the Liberal/National coalition in the 2019 Federal election, up 5%pts from last week from 54% and equivalent to the start of the campaign at the end of April.
- 92% of Labor voters are confident that Labor will win on Saturday. Similarly, the majority of Greens voters (75%) and those voting for independents or minor parties (55%) expect a Labor victory.
- Voters for the Coalition expect them to form the next Government following the result on Saturday (71%). This has decreased from 79% last week.

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