Coalition polls hammered

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From The Australian:

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Based on preference flows from the last election, the Coal­ition and Labor are tied in two-party terms at 50 per cent each.

…The poll of 1807 voters taken from Thursday to Sunday found 47 per cent in favour of Labor’s negative-gearing plan, with 31 per cent opposed and 22 per cent undecided.

Among Labor voters, support was 60 per cent with 20 per cent against; while 40 per cent of Coal­ition voters endorsed Labor’s plan with 46 per cent against.

…Satisfaction with Mr Turnbull’s performance as Prime Minster fell five points, to 48 per cent, and is down 12 points since peaking in mid-November.

Dissatisfaction with Mr Turnbull jumped seven points to 38 per cent, the highest level since he becam­e Prime Minister.

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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.