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Westpoll: 59-41 to Liberal in WA

Monday, June 15, 2009 – 8:41 am

The latest semi-regular Westpoll survey of 400 respondents, published in today’s West Australian, has given the Barnett government its best result yet: a two-party lead of 59-41, up from 57-43 in March. Colin Barnett leads Labor’s Eric Ripper as preferred premier 55 per cent (up one point) to 13 per cent (steady). It’s also just [...]

By William Bowe | Posted in Western Australian Politics | Also tagged , , | Comments (39)

Newspoll: 58-42

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 [...]

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Westpoll: 57-43 to Liberal in WA

Monday, March 9, 2009 – 2:01 am

The West Australian’s latest Westpoll survey of state voting intention gives the Barnett government its best result yet: a two-party lead up from 56-44 to 57-43 and primary votes of 49 per cent for the Liberals, 4 per cent for the Nationals, 34 per cent for Labor and 7 per cent for the Greens. Colin [...]

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Westpoll: 56-44 to Liberal in WA

Sunday, January 25, 2009 – 5:04 pm

The West Australian reports the latest Westpoll survey of 400 voters has the state Liberals leading 56-44 on two-party preferred, up from 55-45 in early December. A question on preferred Labor leader predictably has Alannah MacTiernan in front with 26 per cent, ahead of Mark McGowan on 16 per cent, Michelle Roberts and incumbent Eric [...]

By William Bowe | Posted in Western Australian Politics | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments (48)

How green was my paper

Friday, December 19, 2008 – 5:52 am

The first of the federal government’s two green papers on electoral reform was released on Wednesday, this one dealing with disclosure, funding and expenditure issues. The paper was originally promised in June, but has been delayed pending consultation with state and territory governments. It might be hoped that this results in the unhelpful anomalies from [...]

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Wisdom after the event

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 – 3:22 am

The Western Australian branch of the ALP has posted an expurgated version of a report conducted by former Senator Robert Ray into its recent state election defeat. The highlights for mine are as follows:
• Ray cites various elections over the past year-and-a-bit to observe that the advantages of incumbency are clearly not what they used [...]

By William Bowe | Posted in WA Election 2008 | Also tagged , , | Comments (69)

Westpoll: 56-44 to Liberal in WA

Monday, November 10, 2008 – 2:57 pm

The West Australian today brings us its monthly Westpoll survey of state voting intention from a sample of 400 voters. It finds the Liberals’ two-party lead narrowing slightly to 56-44 from 57-43 last month. Primary votes are Liberal 49.25 per cent, Labor 34.75 per cent, Greens 10 per cent and Nationals 4 per cent. Opposition [...]

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Westpoll: 57-43 to Liberal in WA

Monday, October 13, 2008 – 4:52 pm

Today’s West Australian carries a Westpoll survey of 400 voters which shows Colin Barnett’s newly elected Liberal government with a 57-43 lead over the Labor opposition. Barnett is rated preferred premier by 57 per cent of respondents against 16 per cent for the new Labor leader, former Treasurer Eric Ripper. The West also reports that [...]

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