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Morgan: 60.5-39.5

Saturday, October 31, 2009 – 5:19 am

The latest fortnightly Roy Morgan face-to-face survey finds Labor maintaining the remarkable upward trend it has recorded across recent polling: its primary vote is up 2.5 per cent to 52 per cent, the Coalition’s is up 0.5 per cent to 34.5 per cent, while the Greens, Family First and independent/others are all down. On two-party [...]

Redraw redrawn

Saturday, October 24, 2009 – 5:30 am

The federal redistribution of New South Wales has been completed, with a final determination that turns up fewer surprises than the recent effort in Queensland. Antony Green has as always given the new boundaries the once-over; all margins quoted herein are as calculated by him.
• The commissioners have responded to widespread criticism of the original [...]

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One of many days in September

Saturday, September 26, 2009 – 3:27 am

Wherein the Poll Bludger celebrates the grand final weekend by doing what it always does. No Morgan poll this week, but they do inform us that St Kilda supporters are slightly less likely to practise yoga than normal people. Not only but also:
• Today’s the big day for the Liberal Party’s preselection in Bradfield. Read [...]

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Morgan: 62-38

Monday, September 21, 2009 – 2:35 am

The latest fortnightly Roy Morgan face-to-face poll (three days old now, but what the hell), conducted over the previous two weekends, has Labor’s lead increasing still further, from 61-39 to 62-38. Labor’s primary vote is up a point to 51.5 per cent the Coalition’s is down one to 32.5 per cent.
Elsewhere:
• The Liberal preselection vote [...]

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Essential Research: 60-40

Monday, August 31, 2009 – 6:09 pm

The latest weekly Essential Research survey has Labor’s lead up from 58-42 to 60-40. The survey also shows opinion is evenly divided on whether the Liberal and National parties should stay in coalition (39 per cent each way); that most believe Malcolm Turnbull doesn’t have enough control of the Liberal Party; that perceptions of job [...]

By William Bowe | Posted in Federal Politics, NSW Politics, Victorian politics | Also tagged Camden, Chris Patterson, Essential Research, Jai Rowell, Macarthur, Margaret Fitzherbert, Murray Thompson, primaries, Reuters Poll Trend, Sandringham, Wollondilly | Comments (1,807)

Some of the news that’s fit to print

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 [...]