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Federal voting intention

30 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   3 Weeks ago   5 weeks ago   Election
08/04/19 25/03/19 02/07/16
Liberal 36%   36% 35%
National 4%   3% 4%
Total Liberal/National 39%   38% 39% 42.0%
Labor 37%   35% 36% 34.7%
Greens 9%   11% 10% 10.2%
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation 6%   5% 7%
Other/Independent 9%   10% 8% 13.1%
2 party preferred    
Liberal/National 49%   48% 48% 50.4%
Labor 51%   52% 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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