The latest Morgan poll shows Labor up slightly from a record low the week before. But the Coalition maintain a whopping lead of 59-41, reports William Bowe, whose analysis includes a look at his “seat of the week.”
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Newspoll: Coalition lead slims
The latest Newspoll has strayed from the pack, showing the Coalition holding a relatively moderate lead of 55-45 two-party preferred, reports William Bowe.
Newspoll: Coalition continue to thump Labor in NSW
The latest Newspoll shows a continuation of the post-election stasis in New South Wales, with the Coalition leading 63-37 on two-party preferred, writes William Bowe.
Labor’s 2nd lowest Newspoll ever
Newspoll has the Coalition’s two-party lead out from 56-44 to 59-41.The two-party figure ranks as the Gillard government’s equal worst result, says William Bowe.
Newspoll and Essential: Abbott our preferred PM
Tony Abbott has seized the lead as preferred prime minister in the latest Newspoll, gaining four to 41% with Gillard down one to 39%. His approval ratings are up in both Essential and Newspoll, reports William Bowe.
Newspoll: WA Labor fights back
Newspoll offers a very interesting result in its latest poll of state voting intention in Western Australia, with the Liberals’ two-party lead shrinking dramatically since the previous quarter from 59-41 to 53-47, writes William Bowe.
Newspoll quarterly state by state breakdown
The Australian today publishes Newspoll’s latest quarterly breakdown, showing a slight lead for Labor in South Australia, a 50-50 poll for Victoria and big leads to the Coalition in New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia, reports William Bowe.
Crikey Says: Crikey says: Star casino affair makes everyone look sleazy
Margot Saville has a front row seat for the current Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority inquiry into Star Casino unrolling in Sydney this week, and one thing is certain, “no one; Vaikunta, Grimshaw, his partner, the NSW Premier and the executives at Star could come out of this very well.”
Newspoll: Coalition pulls ahead
A bad result for the government in the latest fortnightly Newspoll, with the Coalition’s two-party lead out from 54-46 to 57-43, although Julia Gillard can console herself with a slight lift in personal ratings, says William Bowe.
Newspoll: Gillard back as preferred PM
The latest fortnightly Newspoll has the Coalition’s lead at 53-47 two-party preferred, but Julia Gillard has bounced back as preferred prime minister, leading Tony Abbott 39-37, reports William Bowe.
Political snippets: Socialism returns to Australian politics
It’s been a while since we’ve had a political party advocating increased public ownership of the means of production.
Newspoll breakdowns: mild recovery for Labor
Newspoll’s breakdowns from the last quarter of 2011 shows a mild late-year recovery from Labor, with a two-party preferred vote of 55-45. Labor’s primary vote is still disastrously low, writes William Bowe.
Newspoll: 52-48 to Liberal in South Australia
The final quarterly Newspoll of South Australian state voting intention concurs with last month’s Advertiser poll in showing a honeymoon bounce for Labor under new leader Jay Weatherill, writes William Bowe.
Nielsen: Abbott pulls ahead as preferred PM
The final Newspoll of the year presents a pre-Christmas present for the Opposition, with the Coalition at 57-43 two-party preferred. Tony Abbott has also pulled ahead of Julia Gillard as preferred Prime Minister, reports William Bowe.
Newspoll: Gillard consolidates her lead
The latest Newspoll has the Coalition two-party lead at 54-46, down from an aberrant 57-43 a fortnight ago. The Coalition is down four points on the primary vote to 44%, reports William Bowe.
Newspoll: a sobering result for Labor
The latest Newspoll puts a halt to a favourable trending period for the government, delivering a 2PP vote of 57-43 to the Coalition, reports William Bowe.
The first Newspoll since the NSW election
Barry O’Farrell’s debut Newspoll net approval score as Premier is plus 29 (53% satisfied, 24% dissatisfied), which was exactly what Bob Carr achieved in his first poll as Premier in 1995, writes William Bowe.
Newspoll: Labor narrows gap, Abbott hits record disapproval
The latest Newspoll has Tony Abbott hitting a record high disapproval rating of 57 percent, with Labor narrowing the two-party gap to 53-47, reports William Bowe.
Newspoll: support falls for carbon tax
The latest Newspoll offers the government a mixed bag: its best 2PP result since May but a 10-point net decline in support for the carbon tax since late July, writes William Bowe.
Newspoll: 57-43 to Coalition
The latest Newspoll has Labor recovering three points from their record low primary vote last time, but continuing to languish on 29%, reports William Bowe.
State-by-state damage to Brand Labor
Despite the best efforts of a tax forum and media tail-chasing about the Labor leadership, this has been an unusually sedate week in federal politics.
Newspoll: 57-43 to Liberal-National in WA
The latest quarterly Newspoll of state voting intention for Western Australia shows no change on two-party preferred, with the Liberal-National (“don’t call us the Coalition!”) government still holding a commanding 57-43 lead, reports William Bowe.
In WA, Labor attention turns from Gillard to the backroom
Lost in this week’s mild panic over Labor’s dire national Newspoll performance has been the parlous state of the party’s primary vote in Western Australia.
Newspoll: Liberal National Party’s overwhelming lead in Queensland
Career opportunities for aspiring Queensland Labor politicians are clearly going to be thin on the ground for a few years to come. The Liberal National Party are polling 61-39 two-party preferred, writes William Bowe.
Newspoll: three months of sliding Labor polls
William Bowe examines the last three months of Newspoll data, noting that it’s a rare government that doesn’t plumb mid-term polling depths far removed from the result eventually produced by the election.
