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Federal voting intention

23 Oct 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?

Q       Total   2 weeks ago

9/10/18

4 weeks ago 25/9/18   Election  2 Jul 16
Liberal 36%   34% 34%    
National 2%   4% 3%    
Total Liberal/National 38%   38% 37%   42.0%
Labor 37%   37% 36%   34.7%
Greens 10%   10% 12%   10.2%
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation 7%   7% 5%    
Other/Independent 8%   9% 10%   13.1%
2 party preferred            
Liberal National 47%   47% 47%   50.4%
Labor 53%   53% 53%   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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