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.
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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.
Newspoll: more unpleasantness for the government
The Coalition’s two-party lead has gone down from 59-41 to 58-42. However, it wouldn’t be a current opinion poll if there wasn’t an unpleasant twist for the government, writes William Bowe.
Political snippets: Why the PM’s unpopularity?
This morning’s Newspoll result, is truly dismal for Julia Gillard and her team.
Newspoll: the Baillieu government’s honeymoon bounce
Labor’s primary vote of 28 percent in Victoria offers the party new cause for woe: they have now had results in the twenties federally and in all five states covered by Newspoll, writes William Bowe.
Newspoll: disaffection for both parties
Newspoll has the Coalition lead up from 56-44 to 57-43, from primary votes of 27% for Labor (down two), 47% for the Coalition (steady) and a solid 14% for the Greens (up two), reports William Bowe.
Newspoll: 56-44 to Coalition
This fortnight’s Newspoll very much maintains the status quo: two-party steady on 56-44, primary votes of 29% Labor (steady), 47% Coalition (steady) and 12% Greens (down one), reports William Bowe.
Newspoll: 56-44 to Coalition
The Coalition’s two-party lead has eased to 56-44 from 58-42 a fortnight ago and support for the carbon tax is up six points to 36%, writes William Bowe.
Newspoll and Essential: 55-45 to Coalition
The latest Newspoll has Julia Gillard recording yet another slump in her personal ratings, which are now at disastrous levels. Newspoll and Essential both have Labor trailing the Coalition 55-45 on two-party preferred, writes William Bowe.
Newspoll: 55-45 to Coalition
The latest Newspoll is Labor’s equal worst since the Rudd government came to power: the Coalition lead is out to 55-45 from 52-48 a fortnight ago, reports William Bowe.
Newspoll: 52-48 to Coalition
Relatively good news for Labor from Newspoll, which shows the Coalition’s eight point two-party preferred lead cut to four, reports William Bowe.
Newspoll: 60-40 to LNP in Queensland
Newspoll finds that not only is Queensland Labor almost back down to its late 2010 primary vote nadir, but that the Newman-led LNP has sucked in huge numbers of votes, writes William Bowe.
Newspoll: 54-46 to Coalition; Nielsen: 56-44
The latest Newspoll has given the Coalition a 54-46 two-party preferred lead, a result the market has come to expect. The monthly Neilsen poll is even worse for the government, writes William Bowe.
