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Morgan: 56-44

Friday, November 13, 2009 – 1:37 pm

At last, a second poll to back the notion that Labor has taken a hit in recent weeks. The latest Roy Morgan face-to-face survey has Labor’s lead at 56-44: healthy enough in absolute terms, but down from 61-39 last week and 60.5-39.5 at the previous regular fortnightly survey. Labor is down 4.5 per cent on [...]

By William Bowe | Posted in Federal Politics, Tasmanian Politics | Also tagged ACT Senate, Bass, Belinda Neal, Canberra, Denison, Fraser, Indra Esguerra, Janet Pettigrew, Lisa Singh, Louise Durack, Ocean Reef, Robertson, Stirling, Sue Ellerman, Wentworth | Comments (1,553)

Newspoll: 57-43

Monday, July 27, 2009 – 10:26 pm

From Peter Brent at Mumble comes news that the latest fortnightly Newspoll has Labor’s two-party lead at 57-43 – up from 55-45 last time – with Labor’s primary vote on 46 per cent (up three), the Coalition on 38 per cent (down one) and the Greens on 9 per cent (down two). More to follow. [...]

By William Bowe | Posted in Federal Politics, SA politics, Tasmanian Politics, Victorian politics | Also tagged Andrew Katos, Bass, Brant Webb, Brian Wightman, Electoral reform, Essential Research, Kororoit, Michelle Cripps, Michelle O'Byrne, Newspoll, Rob Soward, Ron Humphrey, Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA politics, Scott McLean, South Barwon, Tasmanian Politics, Theo Theophanous, Victorian politics, Wentworth | Comments (1,148)

Reuters Poll Trend: 55.8-44.2

Friday, July 3, 2009 – 8:17 am

The latest Reuters Poll Trend weighted average of Newspoll, Morgan and ACNielsen results has federal Labor with a two-party lead of 55.8-44.2, presumably being weighed down a little by recent results from before the weekend.
UPDATE: Roy Morgan has joined in on the action with a small sample (546) phone poll including questions on leadership approval, [...]

By William Bowe | Posted in Federal Politics, Tasmanian Politics, Victorian politics | Also tagged Bass, Brant Webb, Brian Wightman, Cowan, George Seitz, Hasluck, Karen Brown, Keilor, Kevin Andrews, Menzies, Michelle O'Byrne, Mike Dean, Peter Tinley, Reuters Poll Trend, Scott McLean, Stirling, Swan, Tim Hammond | Comments (2,238)

Tasmanian upper house elections: May 2

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 – 9:06 pm

Friday, April 24
Legislative Council maps available for enjoyment courtesy of Adam Carr and Ben Raue. You can also access ABC Local Radio forums with the candidates for each of the three divisions from ABC Elections.
Tuesday, April 21
On Saturday week, one fifth of Tasmanian voters go to the polls – or at least, ought to go [...]

By William Bowe | Posted in Tasmanian Periodical Elections | Also tagged Carolynn Jamieson, Derwent, Ivan Dean, Jenny Branch, Lynn Laycock, Mersey, Michael Aird, Mike Gaffney, Norma Jamieson, Peter John Kaye, Peter Whish-Wilson, Steve Martin, Susan Gunter, Tasmanian Legislative Council, Ted Sands, Windemere | Comments (13)

Essential Research: 61-39

Tuesday, February 3, 2009 – 2:25 am

Newspoll seems to have taken the week off, but there’s always Essential Research, which has Labor’s lead up to 61-39 from 60-40 last week. Also featured are questions on becoming a republic within the next few years (52 per cent support, 24 per cent oppose – the latter sounds a bit low), whether Australia should [...]