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Federal voting intention

5 Feb 2019

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 5 weeks ago   Election
14/01/19 18/12/18 02/07/16
Liberal 34%   34% 34%    
National 4%   4% 3%    
Total Liberal/National 38%   38% 37%   42.0%
Labor 36%   38% 36%   34.7%
Greens 10%   10% 11%   10.2%
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation 7%   7% 7%    
Other/Independent 9%   8% 9%   13.1%
2 party preferred            
Liberal/National 48%   47% 47%   50.4%
Labor 52%   53% 53%   49.6%

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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