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Federal voting intention

27 Mar 2018

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 13/3/18 4 weeks ago 27/2/18   Election  2 Jul 16
Liberal 35% 33% 32%
National 3% 3% 3%
Total Liberal/National 38%   36% 35%   42.0%
Labor 36%   38% 35%   34.7%
Greens 9% 9% 10% 10.2%
Nick Xenophon Team 2% 3% 2%
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation 8% 8% 8%
Other/Independent 7% 7% 10% 13.1%
2 party preferred
Liberal National 48%   46% 47%   50.4%
Labor 52%   54% 53%   49.6%

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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