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Outliers Outliers – get’em while they’re hot!

November 3, 2009 – 6:43 am

Today’s Newspoll via The Oz comes in with the primaries tied at 41 a piece with the ALP down 7 and the Coalition up 7. This washes out into a two party preferred of 52/48 – a 7 point change from last Newspoll. The Greens are steady on 10 while the broad “Others” are unchanged [...]

By Possum Comitatus | Posted in newspoll | Also tagged ALP, asylum seekers, Australian Politics, Coalition, Kevin Rudd, Labor Party, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, newspoll, Polling | Comments (85)

Essential Report – The Fickleness of Political Mythology

August 18, 2009 – 7:00 am

Essential Report comes in this week with the primaries running 47 (down 3) / 35 (up 1) to Labor, washing out into a two party preferred of 58/42 the same way – a two point drop from the highs of last week. This comes from a rolling two week sample of 1918, giving us an [...]

By Possum Comitatus | Posted in Essential Report | Also tagged Australian Politics, Coalition, Essential Report, issue management, John Howard, Labor, law enforcement, Liberal, Liberal Leadership, muslim community, primary votes, ross gittins, two party preferred | Comments (10)

SA State Newspoll – Redmond Debut Edition

August 12, 2009 – 6:10 am

The latest Newspoll for South Australian state politics (presumably via The Oz) comes in with the primaries running 41 (down 1) / 33 (down 1) to Labor, washing out into a two party preferred of 56/44 the same way – steady since last poll. The Greens come in on 11 (up 1) while the broader [...]

By Possum Comitatus | Posted in State Polling | Also tagged Australian Politics, isobel redmond, mike rann, newspoll, satisfaction ratings, South Australia, State politics | Comments (0)

Newspoll – Monday’s Doldrums Edition

August 10, 2009 – 6:52 am

Coming a day earlier in The Oz off the back of rampant weekend speculation among the political classes, Newspoll has the primaries running 45 (down 1) / 37 (down 1) to Labor, washing out into a two party preferred of 57/43 the same way – steady since last fortnight.The Greens come in at 10 (up [...]

By Possum Comitatus | Posted in newspoll | Also tagged Australian Politics, dissatisfaction rating, Kevin Rudd, Malcolm Turnbull, net satisfaction rating, newspoll, primary votes, satisfaction rating, two party preferred | Comments (9)

Newspoll Tuesday – Perpetual Honeymoon Edition

July 28, 2009 – 6:13 am

This fortnight’s Newspoll via The Oz comes in with the primaries running 46 (up 3) / 38 (down 1) to Labor, washing out into a two party preferred of 57/43 the same way – a 2 point increase to the ALP since last fortnight. This comes from a sample of 1156, giving us an MoE [...]

By Possum Comitatus | Posted in newspoll | Also tagged approval ratings, Australian Politics, Brendan Nelson, Coalition, dissatsfaction ratings, Greens, Kevin Rudd, Labor Party, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, newspoll, preferred prime minister, primary vote, satisfaction ratings, two party preferred | Comments (6)

Essential Report – Better Party to Manage Edition

July 27, 2009 – 5:06 pm

This week’s Essential Report comes in with the primaries running 48 (up two) / 37 (down 2) to Labor, washing out into a two party preferred of 57/43 the same way– a 1 point increase to the ALP since last week.
This comes from a rolling two week sample of 1863, giving us an MoE that [...]

By Possum Comitatus | Posted in election results | Also tagged Australian Politics, best party to manage, Essential Report, foreign policy, Kevin Rudd, Labor Party, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, opinion polling, policy management, security threats, traveler safety | Comments (5)

Requestathon – long trends edition

July 22, 2009 – 6:48 am

Since there’s been a few requests of late, we might as well make it formal. Is there a piece of analysis you’d like to see done, a chart constructed, a graphic made or some other piece of stuff we deal with here gone over again? If so, whack it in comments and we’ll see what [...]

By Possum Comitatus | Posted in requestathon | Also tagged Australian Politics, Labor Party, Liberal Party, pollytrend, requestathon | Comments (19)

Essential Report – The economy, Hu and Uluru

July 21, 2009 – 8:37 am

Yesterday’s (apols for the lateness) Essential Report came in with the primaries running 46 (down 1) / 39 (up 2) to Labor, washing out into a two party preferred of 56/44 the same way – a one point gain to the Coalition from last week. This comes from a rolling two week sample of [...]

By Possum Comitatus | Posted in Essential Report | Also tagged Australian Politics, climate change polling, CPRS, economic expectations, Essential Report, Greens, Kevin Rudd, Labor Party, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, primary vote, Stern Hu, two party preferred, Uluru | Comments (5)

Newspoll Tuesday – Small Rebounds Edition

July 14, 2009 – 7:09 am

Today’s Newspoll via The Oz comes in with the primaries running 43 (down 1) / 39 (up 2) to Labor, washing out into a two party preferred of 55/45 – a 1 point gain to the Coalition since last fortnight. This comes from a sample of 1150 1132, giving us an MoE that maxes out [...]

By Possum Comitatus | Posted in newspoll | Also tagged ALP, approval, Australian Politics, Coalition, dissatisfaction rating, Kevin Rudd, labour party, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, net satisfaction, newspoll, primary vote, satisfaction rating, two party preferred | Comments (3)

Essential Report – Positive Economic Outlook Edition

July 6, 2009 – 5:04 pm

This week’s Essential Report come in with the primaries running 49 (up 1) / 35 (down 1) to Labor, washing out into a two party preferred of 59/41 the same way – a 1 point increase for the ALP since last Essential. This came out of a rolling two week sample of 1942, giving an [...]