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Essential Research: 61-39

Monday, November 3, 2008 – 5:01 pm, by William Bowe

The latest two-week rolling online panel survey by Essential Research shows federal Labor retaining its record 61-39 lead from last week, although the preferred prime minister gap has narrowed from 41 per cent to 35 per cent. Tellingly, the government’s handling of the financial crisis has the favour of 63 per cent of respondents against 18 per cent disapproving, compared with 31 per cent and 35 per cent for the opposition. Also covered are attitudes to the US presidential race.

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  1. 851
    Oz
    Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 at 10:24 pm | Permalink

    Ah come on, GNW tonight was hilarious. Bishop was pretty pathetic and tried way to hard to score political points but she got heaps back from the rest of the guests.

  2. 852
    Grog
    Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 at 10:25 pm | Permalink

    That’s Keynes, isn’t it. Krugman was saying that governments should go go into debt during a downturn in the economy

    Yep… he’s a smart man. The surplus should never be an end.

    Ross Gittins on the whole surplus Keynes thingy:
    http://business.smh.com.au/business/listen-carefully-he-might-say-the-dword-20081107-5k5n.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

  3. 853
    Pol Pot Plant
    Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 at 10:27 pm | Permalink

    Newspoll: 2PP 55-45
    http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24632961-601,00.html

  4. 854
    Grog
    Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 at 10:28 pm | Permalink

    nice work 3P – you get the kewpie doll!

  5. 855
    Pol Pot Plant
    Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 at 10:29 pm | Permalink

    PPM 62:22 (+3:-3)

  6. 856
    Gusface
    Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 at 10:29 pm | Permalink

    In regards to the car industry a couple of points
    1we are one of 15 countries that can produce from design to shopfloor
    2strategically,a heavy industry capabilty is amust
    3transport earns more relative to its input costs
    4we suffer the tryanny of distance
    5we “made’ the ute etc

  7. 857
    Grog
    Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 at 10:29 pm | Permalink

    By comparison, just one in five voters would prefer Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull in the top job. His rating as the better prime minister has fallen by the same margin - 3 per cent - to record a 22 per cent rating. But it remains substantially higher than his predecessor Brendan Nelson.

    Ouch.

  8. 858
    Harry "Snapper" Organs
    Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 at 10:29 pm | Permalink

    So, while we’re waiting, what games do we want to play? Mine is what absolutely cretinous relative by marriage you’ve managed to acquire. I’ve got a ripper. She’s a Lib. voter, of course, and tonight phoned to give me an earful because Mum had been moved into the high dependency unit. It’s all my fault, you see. I’d not thought I could cause dementia.

  9. 859
    bob1234
    Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 at 10:32 pm | Permalink

    GP, check it out!

    From 54-46 to 55-45, and Rudd PPM 59 to 62, Turnbull PPM 25 to 22!

    It’s obscene! (for you anyway!)

  10. 860
    Oz
    Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 at 10:32 pm | Permalink

    What are we waiting for?

  11. 861
    William Bowe
    Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 at 10:33 pm | Permalink

    New thread.

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