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Federal voting intention

26 Mar 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?

Q       Total   2 Weeks ago   4 weeks ago   Election
11/03/19 25/02/19 02/07/16
Liberal 35% 34% 35%
National 4% 3% 3%
Total Liberal/National 39%   37% 38% 42.0%
Labor 36%   38% 37% 34.7%
Greens 10% 8% 9% 10.2%
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation 7% 7% 6%
Other/Independent 8% 10% 10% 13.1%
2 party preferred
Liberal/National 48%   47% 48% 50.4%
Labor 52%   53% 52% 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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