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On Monday, Newspoll gave Federal Labor an election-winning lead. Essential and Bludgertrack gave a similar assessment yesterday. Now RoyMorgan has released its own poll that has The Australian Labor Party (ALP) (50.5%) holding a two-party preferred lead over the Coalition (49.5%) on the back of strong strong female support following various rape scandals:
The COVID shine has worn off the Coalition, with Labor taking the lead.
The advantage held by Labor is built on their support amongst women, which has strengthened since the rape scandals began.
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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
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