Newspoll: 55 to 45 in Labor’s favour
Today’s Australian reported on the latest Newspoll results (link-1, link-2). The headline two-party preferred vote is steady at 55 to 45 in Labor’s favour.
While there was no bounce for the new Opposition Leader in voting preferences, Malcolm Turnbull opened well in the attitudinal polling.
In the first Newspoll survey to measure voter satisfaction with his job as Opposition Leader, Mr Turnbull hit 50 per cent — 10 points higher than predecessor Brendan Nelson’s high of 40 per cent and nine higher than Mr Rudd’s when he became Labor leader in December 2006.
Indeed, the Liberal leader’s beginning in Newspoll is a better start than the past five Opposition leaders: Simon Crean, Mark Latham, Kim Beazley, Mr Rudd and Dr Nelson.
The Prime Minister also improved his standing in the attitudinal polling.
Satisfaction with Mr Rudd, which had fallen steadily in the past two months, has sharply reversed, rising six percentage points to 56 per cent.
According to the latest Newspoll survey, conducted exclusively for The Australian last weekend, a spike in dissatisfaction with Mr Rudd’s performance has also been reversed, falling from a record 37 per cent three weeks ago to 32 per cent.
The Greens were the other beneficiary of today’s Newspoll.
… a big jump in primary vote for the Greens, from 10 to 13 per cent, has put them at a Newspoll high …
Graphs here.