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Federal voting intention

11 Sep 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

28/8/18

4 weeks ago 14/8/18   Election  2 Jul 16
Liberal 32%   32% 36%    
National 3%   3% 3%    
Total Liberal/National 36%   35% 39%   42.0%
Labor 37%   39% 37%   34.7%
Greens 10%   10% 10%   10.2%
Nick Xenophon Team 2%   2% 1%    
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation 8%   7% 6%    
Other/Independent 7%   7% 7%   13.1%
2 party preferred            
Liberal National 46%   45% 48%   50.4%
Labor 54%   55% 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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