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Newspoll: ??-??

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 – 4:36 pm

Following last week’s surprising and almost certainly rogue Newspoll result, The Australian sent its pollster out into the field again over the weekend for an eagerly anticipated follow-up survey. However, when the results were published yesterday, all that was offered was attitudinal results on asylum seekers – although breakdowns by party support made clear that [...]

Morgan: 58-42

Friday, August 21, 2009 – 3:15 pm

The past fortnight’s face-to-face Morgan polling has Labor’s two-party lead down from 60.5-39.5 to 58-42. Labor is down three points on the primary vote to 47.5 per cent, the Coalition is up 0.5 per cent to 34.5 per cent and the Greens are up one to 9.5 per cent. Apart from that:
• Phillip Coorey of [...]

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Essential Research: 59-41

Monday, August 3, 2009 – 4:49 pm

The latest weekly Essential Research survey shows Labor’s two-party lead at a commanding 59-41, up from 57-43 last week and 56-44 the week before. Also featured are questions on whether the Liberals should support (51 per cent) or oppose (20 per cent) the government’s plans for an emissions trading scheme, whether the federal government should [...]

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Party games

Friday, May 29, 2009 – 9:13 pm

No Morgan poll this week. Here’s some of the other mail:
• The Launceston Examiner reports that Brigadier Andrew Nikolic, veteran of numerous overseas postings and until recently the Australian Defence Force’s director-general of public affairs, has “confirmed that he is interested” in Liberal preselection for the federal seat of Bass. Also said to have his [...]

By William Bowe | Also posted in Federal Politics | Tagged Adele Carles, Andrew Nikolic, Bass, British politics, Electoral reform, Fremantle, George Colbran, Guy Barnett, Herbert, John Pesutto, Josh Frydenberg, Kooyong, Malcolm Mackerras, Peter Lindsay | Comments (1,122)

Morgan: 58-42/54.5-45.5

Friday, May 22, 2009 – 3:13 pm

Unpredictable Roy Morgan has unloaded two very different sets of poll results: one using its usual face-to-face methodology, but based on one week’s sample rather than the recently more usual two, and the other a phone poll in which respondents were also asked about leadership preference, contrary to normal Morgan practice. The face-to-face poll is [...]

By William Bowe | Also posted in Federal Politics, Tasmanian Politics | Tagged Andrew Wilkie, Denison, Electoral reform, Morgan poll, Tasmanian Politics | Comments (1,320)

Keeping it holy

Friday, April 10, 2009 – 2:54 pm

… with some God-fearing Good Friday news nuggets to tide you over until the pubs re-open.
• Senate polls have consistently proved themselves to be pointless endeavours, but let the record note that Roy Morgan has produced one from their last three months of surveys. This might be of at least some use if Morgan gave [...]