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Early election

21 Jul 2015

Q. Do you expect the Coalition Government will run its full term until later in 2016 when the next Federal election is due or will they call an early election?

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote Other

Will run full term

48%

34%

72%

35%

43%

Will call early election

25%

41%

11%

40%

27%

Don’t know

27%

25%

17%

25%

30%

48% think the Government will run its full term and 25% think the Government will call an early election.

A majority of 72% of Liberal/National voters think the Government will run its full term while Labor voters (41%) and Greens voters (40%) tend to think there will be an early election.

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