Newspoll, Roy Morgan hammer Coaltion

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The big move down in Coalition polls continues with the big boys today. Newspoll has swung very sharply against the Government 47-53 on two-party preferred:

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Roy Morgan is even worse at 45-55 as woman completely abandon the party:

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If a Federal Election were held today the ALP would win easily (55%, up 3% over the past two weeks) over the L-NP (45%, down 3%) according to today’s multi-mode Morgan Poll.

This Morgan Poll on voting intention was conducted over the last two weekends (April 26/27 & May 3/4, 2014) with an Australia-wide cross-section of 3,077 Australian electors aged 18+. The L-NP primary vote is 37.5% (down 1% to the lowest since the Election) now just ahead of the ALP 37% (up 3%).

Among the minor parties Greens support is 12% (down 1%), support for the Palmer United Party (PUP) is 5.5% (up 0.5%) and support for Independents/Others is 8% (down 1.5%).

Analysis by Gender

Analysis by Gender shows that ALP support remains strongest amongst women with the ALP 59% (up 4%) well ahead of the L-NP 41% (down 4%) on a two-party preferred basis. Support amongst men is much closer with the ALP 50.5% (up 1.5%) ahead of the L-NP on 49.5% (down 1.5%).

Analysis by States

The ALP leads on a two-party preferred basis in five of the six Australian States. New South Wales: ALP 52.5% cf. L-NP 47.5%, Victoria: ALP 58.5% cf. L-NP 41.5%, Queensland: ALP 54.5% cf. L-NP 45.5%, South Australia: ALP 59% cf. L-NP 41% and Tasmania: ALP 58.5% cf. L-NP 41.5%.

However in Western Australia the L-NP (51.5%) leads the ALP (48.5%).

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And the post-Rudd collapse in trust in government rolls on,,.

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The punters know something is rotten in the state of Denmark…

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About the author
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.