Tuesday, October 6, 2009 – 12:31 am
After three successive 55-45 results, the latest fortnightly Newspoll returns the Coalition to its lowest ebb, with Labor leading 58-42. This hasn’t been matched by any seismic shift on the preferred prime minister rating: Kevin Rudd is up two points to 67 per cent, but Malcolm Turnbull is also up one to 18 per cent. [...]
By William Bowe
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Tagged Alex Somlyay, Bob McMullan, Fairfax, Fisher, Fraser, George Williams, Karen Andrews, McPherson, Minna Knight, Peter Draper, Peter Dutton, Peter Slipper, Russell Webb, Tamworth, Wright
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Friday, October 2, 2009 – 4:29 pm
The latest Roy Morgan survey (two fortnights of face-to-face polling with a sample of 1129) has Labor’s two-party lead down from 62-38 to 59.5-40.5. Labor’s primary vote is down half a point to 51 per cent, the Coalition are up a solid three to 35.5 per cent and the Greens are down two to 7.5 [...]
By William Bowe
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Monday, September 28, 2009 – 9:32 pm
The latest Essential Research survey has Labor’s two-party lead at 59-41, up from 58-42 last week. Also featured are approval ratings for the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader (both up solidly from six weeks ago), respondents’ self-perceptions of their employment and salary outlooks, Kim Beazley’s appointment as ambassador to the United States (54 per cent [...]
By William Bowe
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Saturday, September 26, 2009 – 3:27 am
Wherein the Poll Bludger celebrates the grand final weekend by doing what it always does. No Morgan poll this week, but they do inform us that St Kilda supporters are slightly less likely to practise yoga than normal people. Not only but also:
• Today’s the big day for the Liberal Party’s preselection in Bradfield. Read [...]
By William Bowe
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Tagged Andrew Katos, Burwood, Camden, Chris Patterson, David Solly, Graham Watt, Greenway, Karen Andrews, Kerry Bartlett, Louise Markus, Macarthur, Macquarie, Margaret May, McPherson, Michael Hart, Pat Farmer, Peter Dutton, Richard Stuckey, Ron Humphrey, South Barwon, Stephen Lawrence, Tony Le Deux
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Thursday, September 24, 2009 – 3:40 am
The federal government has released the second of its two green papers on electoral reform. This one deals with pretty much everything not covered in the first, which focused on disclosure, funding and expenditure issues. Like its predecessor, the paper serves as a useful overview of Australia’s electoral arrangements and their potential for reform, the [...]
Monday, September 21, 2009 – 10:25 pm
The Australian reports the latest fortnightly Newspoll has Labor’s two-party lead steady at 55-45. This is “despite recent revelations of the Prime Minister’s expletive-laden tirade against factional bosses” which emerged after the poll was conducted. Both Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull have lost two points to “uncommitted” on preferred prime minister, Rudd now leading 65-17. [...]
Monday, September 21, 2009 – 2:35 am
The latest fortnightly Roy Morgan face-to-face poll (three days old now, but what the hell), conducted over the previous two weekends, has Labor’s lead increasing still further, from 61-39 to 62-38. Labor’s primary vote is up a point to 51.5 per cent the Coalition’s is down one to 32.5 per cent.
Elsewhere:
• The Liberal preselection vote [...]
By William Bowe
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Sunday, September 13, 2009 – 11:55 pm
The latest monthly ACNielsen survey of 1400 respondents (conducted from Thursday to Saturday) shows Labor’s two-party lead down slightly from 56-44 to 55-45. This seems a fairly conservative return on the changes in the primary vote: Labor down two points to 44 per cent, the Coalition up two to 40 per cent. Malcolm Turnbull also [...]
By William Bowe
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Tagged ACNielsen, Alan Carpenter, Blue Mountains, Daniel Tehan, Dave Kelly, David Hawker, Denison, Dickson, Duncan Kerr, Electoral reform, Fiona McNamara, George Williams, Jonathan Jackson, McPherson, Peter Dutton, Phil Koperberg, Rebecca White, Stephen Mitchell, Wannon, Willagee
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009 – 2:06 am
Despite finding “increasing comfort” that the current system is working, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says he will honour a promise to hold a referendum into the country’s MMP (mixed-member proportional) electoral system. The National Party went to the last election promising a choice between retaining MMP and having a second referendum, at which [...]
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 – 12:02 am
The latest fortnightly Newspoll has the two-party vote steady at 55-45, with Labor’s primary vote steady on 44 per cent and the Coalition’s up one to 39 per cent. Kevin Rudd’s approval rating is up three to 64 per cent, and his disapproval down three to 26 per cent. UPDATE: graphic here.
Essential Research has Labor’s [...]
