Tuesday, June 23, 2009 – 5:06 pm
The latest bi-monthly New South Wales state Newspoll has the Coalition increasing its lead after a Labor recovery in previous surveys, from 53-47 to 55-45 in two-party terms. Labor’s primary vote is down two points to a parlous 31 per cent – particularly dangerous territory under optional preferetial voting – while the Coalition is up [...]
Sunday, June 14, 2009 – 9:08 am
The Poll Bludger is still in Summer Edition mode, so pardon me for being less than timely with the news that Roy Morgan attached a question on voting intention to its recent 715-sample phone survey on consumer confidence, which had Labor leading 57.5-42.5. Something like normal service will resume as of tomorrow night’s Newspoll. Other [...]
By William Bowe
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Sunday, May 31, 2009 – 8:45 am
The Sun Herald has published a Taverner poll showing the Coalition leading 54-46 in New South Wales, bearing in mind that two-party results can be a bit askew under the state’s optional preferential voting system. That being so, it’s more than usually unfortunate that no primary vote figures are provided. Barry O’Farrell leads Nathan Rees [...]
Thursday, April 30, 2009 – 1:12 am
The Australian reports the latest bi-monthly NSW state Newspoll shows the Labor government continuing to narrow the gap after the post-mini-budget blowout to 59-41 reported in November-December. The Coalition now leads 53-47, down from 56-44 in January-February. Labor’s primary vote has struggled up to 33 per cent, up from 26 per cent in November-December and [...]
Monday, April 20, 2009 – 10:35 pm
The Australian reports no change in Labor’s Newspoll lead from last fortnight: 58-42. Kevin Rudd is steady on 67 per cent as preferred prime minister, while Malcolm Turnbull’s is up one to 19 per cent. More to follow. Otherwise:
• Essential Research has Labor’s lead down from 61-39 to 60-40. Bonus questions on financial stimulus payments [...]
Friday, March 13, 2009 – 3:30 pm
Morgan’s latest polling release covers 955 respondents from last weekend’s face-to-face surveys, and shows Labor’s two-party lead down from 61.5-38.5 to 60.5-39.5. Labor’s primary vote is down a point to 50.5 per cent, and the Coalition’s is up 1.5 per cent to 34.5 per cent. On top of which:
• Silly Steve Fielding joined with the [...]
By William Bowe
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Also posted in Federal politics, SA politics
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Tagged Alannah MacTiernan, Barry O'Farrell, Canning, Chris Back, Chris Ellison, Don Randall, Glenn Sterle, Kym Richardson, Matthew Donovan, Mawson, Morgan poll, political donations, Steve Fielding
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009 – 1:20 am
The latest bi-monthly Newspoll survey of NSW state voting intention shows a slight recovery for Labor from the disastrous November-December result, while still pointing to a Coalition landslide. Labor’s primary vote is up four points from the last survey’s record low 26 per cent, while the Coalition is down one point to 42 per cent. [...]
Friday, February 27, 2009 – 9:08 pm
It looked for a while as if Roy Morgan had returned to its weekly polling schedule, but that may have just been a short-term response to the stimulus package kerfuffle. In any event, there was no poll today. That being so, this week’s news nuggets will have to survive on their own:
• Alicia Bowie of [...]
By William Bowe
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Also posted in Federal politics, Tasmanian politics
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Tagged Alex Hawke, Bass, Baulkham Hills, Bradfield, David Clarke, David Elliott, fixed terms, Greg Warren, Macarthur, Michael Ferguson, Nick Bleasdale, Pat Farmer, Riverstone, Wayne Merton
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Monday, February 16, 2009 – 5:10 pm
The latest weekly Essential Research survey has Labor’s two-party lead steady on 61-39. As promised, there is also voluminous material on attitudes to the economy and stimulus package:
• 62 per cent are “concerned” about job security over the coming year, although 60 per cent are “confident” Australia can withstand the crisis.
• The opposition’s approve-disapprove split [...]
By William Bowe
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Tagged Bass, David Bartlett, Essential Research, Fremantle, Jim McGinty, Joe Hockey, Josh Frydenberg, Kevin Rudd, Kooyong, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Costello, Peter Debnam, Peter Tagliaferri, Richard Alston, Scott McLean, stimulus package, Tasmanian politics, Vaucluse
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009 – 4:41 pm
This week’s Essential Research survey has Labor’s lead at 60-40, up from 59-41 last week. Also featured are interesting findings on development of nuclear power plants for electricity generation (43 per cent support, 35 per cent oppose) and whether Australia has an obligation to dispose of nuclear waste from countries it exports uranium to (26 [...]