Oz Politics Blog

The latest Newspoll for the weekend of 27-29 May 2005 was reported in today’s Australian.

The two-party preferred result saw the Coalition on 53 per cent (up two) and Labor on 47 per cent (down two). This is back at the same point it was last year when the Coalition won the 2004 election.

The Coalition’s primary vote was 47 per cent (up three) and Labor’s was 37 per cent (down three).

54 per cent of voters preferred Howard as Prime Minister (up two), while 29 per cent preferred Beazley (down two)

Satisfaction with the way Mr Howard is doing his job fell from 55 per cent to 53 per cent, and Mr Beazley’s satisfaction was unchanged on 47 per cent. Dissatisfaction with both leaders was unchanged on 36 per cent.

Of note, both Morgan and Newspoll have had the Coalition’s Primary and two-party preferred vote shares trending upwards since mid April. Could the Beazley second honeymoon be over?

I have updated all the graphs I can on the basis of today’s media reports. The remaining graphs will get have been updated this evening.