Morgan poll: Parties neck and neck

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Coincidentally from Roy Morgan this afternoon:

In late January support for the L-NP is 50.5% (down 1.5% since January 5/6 & 12/13, 2013) cf. ALP 49.5% (up 1.5%) on a two-party preferred basis according to the latest face-to-face Morgan Poll conducted over the last two weekends January 19/20 & 26/27, 2013.

The L-NP primary vote is 39% (down 2.5%), clearly ahead of the ALP 36% (down 0.5%). Among the minor parties Greens support is 12% (up 1.5%) and Independents/ Others are 13% (up 1.5%).

If a Federal election were held today the election would be too close to call according to today’s face-to-face Morgan Poll.
The Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating is now at 112.5pts (down 2pts since January 5/6 & 12/13, 2013) with 46.5% (down 0.5%) saying Australia is ‘heading in the right direction,’ compared to 34% (up 1.5%) saying Australia is ‘heading in the wrong direction’.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.