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Federal voting intention

13 Mar 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

25/02/19

  4 weeks ago   Election
11/02/19 02/07/16
Liberal 34% 35% 31%
National 3% 3% 3%
Total Liberal/National 37%   38% 34% 42.0%
Labor 38%   37% 38% 34.7%
Greens 8% 9% 10% 10.2%
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation 7% 6% 7%
Other/Independent 10% 10% 11% 13.1%
2 party preferred
Liberal/National 47%   48% 45% 50.4%
Labor 53%   52% 55% 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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