You heard correct – the Sydney Morning Herald (I presume) has published a Nielsen poll of state voting intention in New South Wales which actually has Labor in front. This is, I am quite sure, the first poll to have Labor so placed in nearly six years. Labor’s lead of 51-49 comes from primary votes of 35% for Labor and 40% for the Coalition (UPDATE: And 12% for the Greens). These numbers courtesy of GhostWhoVotes; more no doubt to follow.
UPDATE: Despite all that, Barry O’Farrell maintains a healthy 50-30 lead over John Robertson as preferred premier, and has a positive net satisfaction rating (46% approve, 40% disapprove) while Robertson’s is negative (34% and 36%). The poll was conducted from Saturday to Wednesday from a sample of 1000.
UPDATE 2: Newspoll has different ideas, its bi-monthly reading for January-February producing a more normal looking result of 58-42 in favour of the Coalition. However, since this is derived from polling conducted over a two-month period, it can be surmised that this result fails to pick up backlash against the Coalition since the Independent Commission Against Corruption began investigating three Liberal MPs a fortnight ago, causing them to voluntarily withdraw from the party. The poll has the Coalition primary vote at 46% against 31% for Labor, with Barry O’Farrell holding a 49-19 lead over John Robertson as preferred premier.
OK….what kinda operation are you running here William?
First you are telling me its 51-49 to the ALP, then a few days later you are trying to tell me its 58-42 to the LNP.
Wassup? :devil:
[The poll on which that result was based was taken only last week, while the Newspoll survey was conducted over January and last month and reflects the more consistent view of the electorate.]
“Their poll is new and ours is old, so that proves ours in more accurate.” Hello?
“Out of power for a generation” doesn’t mean what it used to. Unless the press are referring to generations of fruit flies, of course.
Newspoll table
http://polling.newspoll.com.au.tmp.anchor.net.au/image_uploads/140206%20NSW%20Voting%20Intention%20&%20Leaders%20Ratings%20Jan%20-%20Feb.pdf
03/03/14:Bimonthly reading of New South Wales voting intention and leaders ratings