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Federal voting intention

9 Apr 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
25/03/19 11/03/19 02/07/16
Liberal 36%   35% 34%
National 3%   4% 3%
Total Liberal/National 38%   39% 37% 42.0%
Labor 35%   36% 38% 34.7%
Greens 11%   10% 8% 10.2%
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation 5%   7% 7%
Other/Independent 10%   8% 10% 13.1%
2 party preferred    
Liberal/National 48%   48% 47% 50.4%
Labor 52%   52% 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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