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Federal voting intention

18 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?

Q       Total   2 weeks ago

4/12/18

4 weeks ago 20/11/18   Election  2 Jul 16
Liberal 34% 34% 34%
National 3% 4% 3%
Total Liberal/National 37%   38% 37%   42.0%
Labor 36%   39% 35%   34.7%
Greens 11% 10% 11% 10.2%
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation 7% 6% 7%
Other/Independent 9% 7% 10% 13.1%
2 party preferred
Liberal National 47%   46% 48%   50.4%
Labor 53%   54% 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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