Tuesday, June 9, 2009 – 5:55 pm
Labor’s two-party lead from Essential Research is up slightly following last week’s dive, from 55-45 to 56-44. Also featured are questions on the financial state of the companies respondents work for, future spending plans, confidence in the economy, “concern over job situation”, government regulation of the financial sector and whether an election will be justified [...]
By William Bowe
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Also posted in Federal Politics, Tasmanian Politics
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Tagged Anthony Carbines, bankruptcy, Bob Brown, Craig Langdon, Denison, disqualification, Essential Research, Forestry Tasmania, Ivanhoe, Scott Bacon
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Friday, June 5, 2009 – 6:03 pm
The latest Roy Morgan survey of 1804 respondents has Labor’s two-party lead unchanged at 58-42, with their primary vote down 0.5 per cent to 49 per cent and the Coalition’s down 1.5 per cent to 36 per cent. The Greens are up a point to 9 per cent. Much else to report:
• On Monday, Galaxy [...]
By William Bowe
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Tagged Alan Ferguson, Alice Pryor, Andrew McIntosh, Anne Urquhart, Brunswick, Carlo Carli, Caulfield, Danny Michel, David Fawcett, David Hawker, David Southwick, Enver Erdogan, Eric Locke, Frank Greenstein, Galaxy, Georgie Crozier, Helen Polley, Helen Shardey, Katrina Rainsford, Kelly O'Dwyer, Kerry O'Brien, Kevin Andrews, Kevin Harkins, Kew, Lambros Tapinos, Louise Staley, Matt Makin, Menzies, Morgan poll, Nick Minchin, republicanism, Rod Nockles, Sean Edwards, Simon Illingworth, Simon Ramsay, UMR Research, Wannon
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Monday, May 25, 2009 – 7:58 pm
The latest weekly Essential Research survey has Labor’s two-party lead narrowing from 62-38 to 59-41. There are also interesting breakdowns on attitudes to the budget and the retirement age by employment and self-identified social class: office workers think the higher retirement age fair, tradesmen and manual labourers very much the opposite, while class reaction to [...]
By William Bowe
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Also posted in Federal Politics, Tasmanian Politics
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Tagged Brimbank City Council, Dennis Jensen, Essential Research, fixed terms, Franklin, George Seitz, Glenn Piggott, Kate Churchill, Keilor, Kororoit, Libby Lyons, Matt Brown, mini-redistributions, Peter Costello, Tangney, Tasmanian Politics, Victorian politics
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Friday, May 15, 2009 – 1:52 pm
The latest fortnightly Roy Morgan survey has Labor’s two-party lead increasing from 59-41 to 60-40. Labor’s primary vote is steady on 50 per cent, while the Coalition’s is down 1.5 per cent to 34 per cent. The balance is evenly distributed among the Greens, Family First and others.
Other news:
• Antony Green tells you everything you [...]
Saturday, May 9, 2009 – 4:09 am
No Morgan poll this week – in a half-baked attempt to tie the headline to the post, here’s a link to an analysis by Possum posing the question, “is there a polling budget effect?” (short answer: no). With that out of the way:
• Greg Roberts of The Australian reports on the demise of a Queensland [...]
By William Bowe
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Also posted in Federal Politics, Western Australian Politics
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Tagged Alan Stockdale, Barnaby Joyce, Brimbank, British Columbia, Bronwyn Bishop, Dennis Jensen, Electoral reform, first past the post, Judi Moylan, Liberal National Party, Mackellar, Matt Brown, O'Connor, Pearce, preferential voting, Russell Trood, Tangney, Wilson Tuckey
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 – 7:08 pm
The latest weekly Essential Research survey shows Labor’s lead moderating slightly to 61-39 from 63-37 in the previous two surveys. In other findings, 54 per cent approve of the government’s national broadband network, while 62 per cent think Australia’s economy “better than most countries” in the current global financial crisis. For this, equal credit is [...]
By William Bowe
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Also posted in Federal Politics, SA politics
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Tagged affirmative action, Altona, Australian Democrats, Brian Barnett, Chaffey, Craig Langdon, Dandenong, Ed Killesteyn, enrolment, Essendon, Essential Research, exit polls, George Megalogenis, Ivanhoe, John Pandazopoulos, Judy Maddigan, Julie Bishop, Karlene Maywald, Light, Lynne Kosky, Malcolm Mackerras, Mark Chown, Matthias Cormann, Mawson, Natalie Sykes-Hutchins, Norwood, Peter Batchelor, Thomastown, Tim Whetstone
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Monday, April 6, 2009 – 10:37 pm
The Australian reports Labor’s lead in the latest fortnightly Newspoll is up from 56-44 to 58-42. Kevin Rudd’s preferred prime minister rating is up two points to 67 per cent, and Malcolm Turnbull’s is down two to 18 per cent. More to follow.
UPDATE: Graphic here. Rudd has exchanged five points of disapproval (down to 21 [...]
Monday, March 30, 2009 – 12:27 am
The Fairfax broadsheets have published an ACNielsen survey of 1400 voters showing federal Labor’s two-party lead at 58-42, up from 55-45 at the previous poll in November. Labor leads on the primary vote 47 per cent to 37 per cent. Also in the poll:
• Kevin Rudd’s approval rating is up four points to a stratospheric [...]
By William Bowe
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Tagged ACNielsen, Afghanistan, Anna Bligh, Bass, Dave Kelly, David Compton, David Fry, daylight saving, Denison, Essential Research, fixed terms, Franklin, Fremantle, Jillian Law, Kooyong, Lyons, Marti Zucco, Michael Ferguson, Michael Hodgman, Peter Gutwein, Peter Tagliaferri, Rebecca White, Susan Napier, Vanessa Goodwin, Will Hodgman
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Friday, March 6, 2009 – 1:36 am
The latest bi-monthly Newspoll survey of Victorian state voting intention has Labor blowing out to remarkable leads of 46 per cent to 33 per cent on the primary vote, and 60-40 on two-party preferred. The Australian reports that “roughly half the poll’s sample of 1142 people was taken before the Black Saturday fires, while the [...]
Sunday, February 22, 2009 – 2:37 am
Not exactly hot off the presses with this one, but Friday’s poll from Roy Morgan (who seem to have returned to their weekly polling habits of old) has Labor’s two-party lead at 59.5-40.5 compared with 60-40 the previous week. The primary vote movements are bigger than you would expect from this: Labor is down 2.5 [...]
By William Bowe
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