Day 12 report
The Coalition released policy statements on renewable energy and cancer care for teenagers and young people.
Labor released policy statements on solar schools and homes and open government.
Enrolment: George Megalogensis reported on a large youth enrolment for the 2007 election.
Late yesterday the Australian Electoral Commission released its final head count for who is registered to vote. It showed the number of 18-year-olds eligible to vote jumped by 10.3 per cent when compared with the previous election. The upshot of this is that in 2004, when the roll closed a leisurely week later, the number of 18-year-olds had fallen 0.2 per cent against the 2001 figure.
Others commenting on the level of youth enrolment include: Mumble, Simon Jackman, Paul Bibby and Sarah Miles.
Polls:
- Morgan face-to-face: 56-44 (Labor) [20-21 October 2007, n=996]
- Morgan phone: 54.5-45.5 (Labor) [24-25 October 2007, n=520]
- ACNielsen online (from a randomly selected panel): 56-44 (Labor) [23-25 October 2007, n=1415]
- Patterson Research Eden-Monaro: 56-44 (Labor) [22-24 October 2007, n=400]
The usual opinion poll graphs are here. You may need to hit the refresh or reload button on your browser to see the latest graphs.
Poll trend: The next graph charts a weekly poll trend based on the average of Morgan (face-to-face). ACNielsen and Newspoll. The weekly averages are then smoothed with a 13-term Henderson moving average.
