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Federal voting intention

1 Aug 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

17/7/18

4 weeks ago

3/7/18

  Election  2 Jul 16
Liberal 36% 37% 36%
National 4% 4% 4%
Total Liberal/National 41%   40% 40%   42.0%
Labor 36%   36% 37%   34.7%
Greens 10% 10% 11% 10.2%
Nick Xenophon Team 1% 1% 1%
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation 6% 6% 6%
Other/Independent 6% 6% 5% 13.1%
2 party preferred
Liberal National 49%   49% 48%   50.4%
Labor 51%   51% 52%   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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