Newspoll: 51 to 49 in the Coalition’s favour
Today’s Newspoll has the Coalition in front on 51 per cent, compared with Labor on 49 per cent in two-party preferred terms.
Labor’s primary vote was down from 39 to 37 per cent. The Coalition’s primary vote was up one to 42 per cent. The Greens were unchanged on 7 per cent.
Satisfaction with Howard was 47 per cent (steady) and dissatisfaction was 44 per cent (down one).
Satisfaction with Beazley was 31 per cent (up five) and dissatisfaction was 57 per cent (down four).
Fifty-six per cent preferred Howard as Prime Minister (steady), compared with the 25 per cent who preferred Beazley (up two).
Newspoll also asked questions on the Labor leadership. Both Gillard (32 per cent) and Rudd (28 per cent) were preferred over Beazley (24 per cent) as Labor’s leader. Perhaps more damning was the finding that Costello was preferred to Beazley, 44 per cent to 37 per cent.
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