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Election, Greens, Labor, Liberal, Voting intention
Federal Politics – Voting Intention
Q. If there was a Federal election held today, to which party would you probably give your first preference?
Q. If you ‘don’t know’ on the above question, which party are you currently leaning to?
*1875 sample size
2 week average % 2PP 2PP shift from last week Liberal 32% National 3% Total Lib/Nat 35% 42% – Labor 46% 58% – Greens 10% Family First 2% Other/Independent 7% NB. The data in the above table is derived from our weekly first preference voting question. Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ as their first preference are not included in the results.
* Sample is the culmination of two week’s data.
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Greens, Labor, Liberal, Voting intention
Federal Politics – Voting Intention
Q. If there was a Federal election held today, to which party would you probably give your first preference?
Q. If you ‘don’t know’ on the above question, which party are you currently leaning to?
*1922 sample size
2 week average % 2PP 2PP shift from last week Liberal 30% National 4% Total Lib/Nat 34% 42% – Labor 46% 58% – Greens 9% Family First 3% Other/Independent 8% NB. The data in the above table is derived from our weekly first preference voting question. Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ as their first preference are not included in the results.
* Sample is the culmination of two week’s data.
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climate change, ETS, Greens, Labor, Liberal, tackling climate change
Political Party Positions on the ETS
Q. Whose position on the ETS and tackling climate change do you most agree with?
% Kevin Rudd and Labor 24% Tony Abbott and the Coalition 27% Bob Brown and Greens 17% Don’t know 32% When it comes to the position that various parties have on the ETS and tackling climate change, 27% of people agree with the position of Tony Abbott and the Coalition, 24% agree with Kevin Rudd and Labor and 17% agree with Bob Brown and the Greens. 32% of people don’t know which position they agree with regarding an ETS and tackling climate change.
The results followed party lines – Labor voters were more likely to agree with Labor’s position (49%), Coalition voters were more likely to agree with the Coalition (67%) and Green voters were more likely to agree with the Green’s position (80%). 30% of Labor voters, 21% of Coalition voters and 9% of Green voters don’t know which position they agree with most.
Males were more likely to agree with the position of Abbott and the Coalition (31%), while females were more likely to indicate that they don’t know (36%).
People aged 55 years and over were more likely to agree with Abbott and the Coalition regarding climate change and an ETS (42%).
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2PP, Federal Election, Greens, Labor, Liberal, National, two party preferred, Voting intention
Federal Politics – Voting Intention
Q. If there was a Federal election held today, to which party would you probably give your first preference?
Q. If you ‘don’t know’ on the above question, which party are you currently leaning to?
*1979 sample size
2 week average % 2PP 2PP shift from last week Liberal 31% National 4% Total Lib/Nat 35% 42% -3% Labor 47% 58% +3% Greens 8% Family First 3% Other/Independent 7% NB. The data in the above table is derived from our weekly first preference voting question. Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ as their first preference are not included in the results.
* Sample is the culmination of two week’s data.
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Greens, Labor, Liberal, Voting intention
Federal Politics – Voting Intention
Q. If there was a Federal election held today, to which party would you probably give your first preference?
Q. If you ‘don’t know’ on the above question, which party are you currently leaning to?
*1845 sample size
NB. The data in the above table is derived from our weekly first preference voting question. Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ as their first preference are not included in the results.
* Sample is the culmination of two week’s data.