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		<title>Nielsen: 53-47 to Coalition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems Nielsen&#8217;s sample of 1400 respondents from its first opinion poll of the year didn&#8217;t get the memo: the poll has the Coalition&#8217;s two-party preferred lead at 53-47, which although not brilliant for the government in absolute terms is its best result from Nielsen since March last year. The same applies for the primary [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2012/02/05/nielsen-53-47-to-coalition-2/</link>
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		<title>Newspoll, Essential Research and Galaxy: 54-46 to Coalition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: The first Newspoll result of the year has just been reported, and I&#8217;m sticking it on the top of the existing post because of technical difficulties we&#8217;re having. The poll has the Coalition leading 54-46 on two-party preferred, in common with Essential Research and Galaxy (see below), and indeed with last year&#8217;s final Newspoll [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2012/01/29/galaxy-54-46-to-coalition/</link>
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		<title>Galaxy: 59-41 to LNP in Queensland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two days late with this one, but let the record note that a Galaxy poll of 800 respondents shows the LNP retaining a huge lead of 59-41 on two-party preferred and 49 per cent to 32 per cent on preferences. This does represent a narrowing on the previous such poll, conducted in mid-November, which had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2012/01/29/galaxy-59-41-to-lnp-in-queensland-3/</link>
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		<title>Morgan: 52-48 to Coalition face-to-face</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hold the front page: Labor shoots to election-winning opinion poll lead. Well, sort of &#8211; the poll comes from the little-reported Morgan face-to-face series, which is noted for leaning heavily to Labor when measured against both election results and other pollsters, and the lead only stands if you allocate minor party and independent preferences according [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2012/01/27/morgan-52-48-to-coalition-face-to-face/</link>
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		<title>Queensland election: March 24</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anna Bligh has today announced the Queensland state election will be held on March 24, after the state&#8217;s floods inquiry was recalled to hear what Hedley Thomas of The Australian describes as &#8220;extraordinary new evidence that suggests the wrong strategy was used to manage Wivenhoe Dam days before Brisbane was inundated&#8221;. Bligh explained today that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2012/01/25/queensland-election-march-24/</link>
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		<title>Essential Research: 54-46 to Coalition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest Essential Research poll is unchanged on last week&#8217;s result, except that the Greens are up a point to 10 per cent &#8211; Labor is on 35 per cent, the Coalition is on 48 per cent, and two-party preferred is 54-46. Further questions relate to mandatory pre-commitment, with support at 62 per cent (one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2012/01/23/essential-research-54-46-to-coalition-7/</link>
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		<title>Westpoll: 59-41 to Liberal-National in WA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Labor leadership change has prompted The West Australian to commission its first Westpoll survey of state voting intention in nearly two years, and the results are all but identical to those of the Newspoll that precipitated Eric Ripper&#8217;s demise: the Labor primary vote at 29 per cent, the Liberals at 52 per cent and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2012/01/21/westpoll-59-41-to-liberal-national-in-wa/</link>
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		<title>Port Adelaide and Ramsay by-elections: February 11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nominations closed today for South Australia&#8217;s Port Adelaide and Ramsay by-elections (UPDATE: Apologies &#8211; Antony Green points out nominations for Ramsay are in fact open for another week), which will be held on February 11 to fill the respective vacancies of Deputy Premier Kevin Foley and Premier Mike Rann. The Liberals are not fielding candidates [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2012/01/19/port-adelaide-and-ramsay-by-elections/</link>
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		<title>Ripper out, McGowan in</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is being universally reported that Eric Ripper will officially stand aside as leader of WA&#8217;s Labor opposition today, with Rockingham MP Mark McGowan to fill the vacancy unopposed. Ripper had survived as Opposition Leader for three years and three months since assuming the position in the aftermath of the 2008 election &#8211; not bad [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2012/01/18/ripper-out-mcgowan-in/</link>
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		<title>Essential Research: 54-46 to Coalition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bernard Keane at Crikey reports the first Essential Research poll for the year has the two-party vote at the same place as the final poll last year, with the Coalition leading 54-46. Also featured are leaders&#8217; personal ratings which you can read about at the link. More to follow. UPDATE: Full post here. The voting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2012/01/16/essential-research-54-46-to-coalition-6/</link>
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