The latest Morgan face-to-face poll, conducted entirely over last weekend, has Labor’s lead at 56.5-43.5, down from 57.5-42.5 the week before and back where it was a fortnight earlier. Labor is down two points on the primary vote to 45 per cent, the Coalition is up half a point to 37.5 per cent and the Greens are steady on 9 per cent.
UPDATE (28/2): Sydney’s Sun Herald newspaper has published a Taverner poll of 609 NSW voters with a remarkable headline figure of 50-50 on two-party preferred. However, Labor’s primary vote lead of 42 per cent to 39 per cent makes clear this figure is askew. Clearly Taverner have derived it by asking minor supporters where their preferences will go, which from the small sample of such respondents (about 115) has produced a non-credible flow of 58-42 to the Coalition. Using the more reliable method of extrapolating the preference flow from the last election (62-38 to Labor) produces an entirely plausible two-party split of 54-46 to Labor, representing no change on the 2007 election result (53.7-46.3).
Yep, that’s correct.
Vera: watching his response to the national curriculum launch, that was exactly the reaction I had: no ideas, just oppose, oppose, oppose becasue they have no alternative suggestions. In fact he went to what seemed to me the low hanging fruit of race baiting by targetting the aboriginal stuff. Nasty.
Wow, it’s been a while since we’ve seen coalition PPM out of the twenties.
Lady Janet gave the Board Room carpet a particularly deep hoovering before she left.
They sure are. Is someone holding a gun to to the producers head?
No, we’re all mistaken. Remember, only a Labor Government spins.
It seems by Abbott’s comments and attitude that he has neither the wit nor the courage to attempt major reform.
I’d have to say that Garrett was all class on Q&A tonight.
Antony has crunched the numbers:
When they show 52/48 on the news tomorrow people will have that 50/50 fresh in their minds and think labor have had a boost 😉
Finally the Herald Sun site has got the article up:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/prime-minister-kevin-rudd-to-seize-control-of-hospital-funding-from-states/story-0-1225835817746
Vera – he’s not look ‘over the moon’ at the polling and 55-30 PPM means he’s not going anywhere really except with the Libs they lost after the election.
Quite enjoyed Q&A and especially when the panel got stroppy with Jones for wanting to keep on with the insulation thing. Interesting panel with interesting comments about art and Peter Garrett showed what a strong bloke he is. Pyne was ….. Pyne!
So is it middle class Greens who are swopping their vote to Libs or where else did the Green vote go.
New thread.