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Federal voting intention

14 Aug 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

31/7/18

4 weeks ago 17/7/18   Election  2 Jul 16
Liberal 36%   36% 37%    
National 3%   4% 4%    
Total Liberal/National 39%   41% 40%   42.0%
Labor 37%   36% 36%   34.7%
Greens 10%   10% 10%   10.2%
Nick Xenophon Team 1%   1% 1%    
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation 6%   6% 6%    
Other/Independent 7%   6% 6%   13.1%
2 party preferred            
Liberal National 48%   49% 49%   50.4%
Labor 52%   51% 51%   49.6%

 

  1. 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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