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This week’s federal budget has landed like a lead balloon with voters, with Roy Morgan polling taken immediately after the budget showing One Nation jumping to 32% of the primary vote, its highest ever result.
By contrast, Labor’s primary vote dropped to 28.5%, one of its weakest results since the election, while the Coalition is becoming a minor party, capturing only 16.5% of the primary vote.
It is a historic result, with One Nation surpassing Labor on primary support for the first time in a major national poll.
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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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