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Federal voting intention

15 Jan 2019

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   3 weeks ago 5 weeks ago   Election
18/12/18 04/12/18 02/07/16
Liberal 34% 34% 34%
National 4% 3% 4%
Total Liberal/National 38%   37% 38%   42.0%
Labor 38%   36% 36%   34.7%
Greens 10% 11% 11% 10.2%
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation 7% 7% 7%
Other/Independent 8% 9% 9% 13.1%
2 party preferred
Liberal/National 47%   47% 47%   50.4%
Labor 53%   53% 53%   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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