Morrison’s plague crashes polls

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Hoocoodanode that unleashing a plague on an unsuspecting and unsupported polity would make you unpopular? In my view, the Resolve Political Monitor is the most Coalition-biased political survey in the press. Yet even it has delivered a bowel-shaking crash in Morrison Government support:

Soaring virus infections have fuelled a backlash against Prime Minister Scott Morrison over his handling of the pandemic, slashing the Coalition’s primary vote from 39 to 34 per cent and vaulting Labor into a strong position ahead of this year’s federal election.

The dramatic shift has cut the government’s standing on every key measure of its performance, with voters losing confidence in Mr Morrison and the Coalition on the economy, jobs, health and the response to the coronavirus.

Labor has increased its primary vote from 32 to 35 per cent since November, generating a powerful boost for Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese ahead of the election due by May, while the Greens have held their support at 11 per cent.

That is pretty earthshattering political stuff:

The judgment is harshest in NSW and especially VIC:

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QLD is a loser for both parties as ONP and GRN fight it out. However, given LNP ‘s huge incumbent position, this is much worse for it:

It’s everywhere else as well:

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It’s both genders but espeically chicks:

It appears that a steadfast regime of rapist protection and child-threatening plague does not appeal to the women of Australia nor their blokes.

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.