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Federal voting intention

13 Mar 2018

Q. If a Federal Election was held today to which party will you probably give your first preference vote? If not sure, which party are you currently leaning toward? If don’t know – Well which party are you currently leaning to?

  Total   2 weeks ago 27/2/18 4 weeks ago 13/2/18   Election  2 Jul 16
Liberal 33% 32% 33%
National 3% 3% 3%
Total Liberal/National 36%   35% 36%   42.0%
Labor 38%   35% 37%   34.7%
Greens 9% 10% 10% 10.2%
Nick Xenophon Team 3% 2% 4%
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation 8% 8% 6%
Other/Independent 7% 10% 7% 13.1%
2 party preferred
Liberal National 46%   47% 46%   50.4%
Labor 54%   53% 54%   49.6%

N.B. Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ are not included in the results. The two-party preferred estimate is calculated by distributing the votes of the other parties according to their preferences at the 2016 election.

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