The first Roy Morgan Poll conducted since Russia invaded Ukraine one week ago shows absolutely no impact on Federal Voting Intentions, with Labor still leading the Coalition 56.5% to 43.5% on a two-party preferred basis:
A special Roy Morgan Poll conducted during the first week of the Russia-Ukraine war shows no change in Federal voting intention in Australia with the ALP 56.5% still well ahead of the L-NP 43.5% on a two-party preferred basis.
Analysis by State shows small movements with support for the L-NP up slightly in Queensland and South Australia balanced out by support for the ALP rising slightly in Victoria and Western Australia.
Overall these movements are so far balancing out, but this is based on small samples of interviews in these States. There have also been extensive flooding in Queensland and now New South Wales which are clearly having a direct impact on millions of Australians.
Next week’s Roy Morgan Poll will provide a full analysis of movements in Federal voting intention by State following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
This Roy Morgan Poll on Federal voting intention and Government Confidence was conducted via telephone and online interviewing of 1,141 Australian electors aged 18+ from Thursday February 14 -Wednesday March 2, 2022 with the entire poll conducted Russian invaded Ukraine.
Michele Levine, CEO Roy Morgan, says:
“Although this first Roy Morgan Poll on Federal voting intention conducted since Russia invaded Ukraine shows little overall impact it is early in the conflict and the Federal Government has so far done little to outline what Australia will be doing to help ensure a peaceful resolution of the conflict.
“Typically when there’s a major global event such as a war, or a pandemic, the public support for the Government in power rises. This special Roy Morgan Poll shows that during the first week of the conflict this hasn’t yet occurred – although it may happen if the conflict drags on.
“One of the driving factors that increases support for the Government in power is providing leadership and increasing the confidence of the people that the Government is responding to the crisis in a constructive manner. Prime Minister Scott Morrison needs to clearly articulate how Australia can contribute towards a peaceful resolution of the crisis in Ukraine and outline what Australia can do – such as increasing energy exports to Europe of gas and coal so they can be less reliant on Russian energy – that will contribute to ending the current war as soon as possible.”
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.
