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Federal voting intention

13 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?

Q       Total   2 weeks ago 4 weeks ago   Election
01/02/19 14/01/19 02/07/16
Liberal 31% 34% 34%
National 3% 4% 4%
Total Liberal/National 34% 38% 38% 42.0%
Labor 38% 36% 38% 34.7%
Greens 10% 10% 10% 10.2%
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation 7% 7% 7%
Other/Independent 11% 9% 8% 13.1%
2 party preferred
Liberal/National 45% 48% 47% 50.4%
Labor 55% 52% 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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