Newpoll today has the Abbott Government bouncing back:
The Coalition is now in front of Labor on a two-party-preferred basis, 51 to 49 per cent.
Labor had led the government on a two-party-preferred basis since the beginning of December as the Abbott government lost voter support sooner than any newly elected modern government except Julia Gillard’s.
…The latest Newspoll shows Tony Abbott’s personal support as prime minister remained negative but improved slightly and he maintained an eight-point lead over the Opposition Leader as preferred prime minister, 41 per cent to Mr Shorten’s 33 per cent.
A similar swing was registered at Roy Morgan (though Labor remains in front):
If a Federal Election were held today the ALP would still be elected (51.5%, down 3% over the past two weeks) over the L-NP (48.5%, up 3%) despite a strong rise in L-NP two-party preferred support according to today’s multi-modeMorgan Poll.
This Morgan Poll on voting intention was conducted over the last two weekends (March 29/30 & April 5/6, 2014) with an Australia-wide cross-section of 2,869 Australian electors aged 18+. The L-NP primary vote is 38.5% (up 0.5%) now clearly ahead of the ALP 34.5% (down 4%).
Among the minor parties Greens support is 12% (up 1%), support for the Palmer United Party (PUP) is 5% (up 0.5%) and support for Independents/Others is 10% (up 2%).
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.
