Morgan: 57.5 to 42.5 in Labor’s favour
The latest Morgan poll is out. It was conducted over the weekends of 4-5 and 11-12 October 2008 with a sample of 1692 electors
Morgan also conducted attitudinal polling, which suggested that Kevin Rudd’s handling of the global fiscal crisis has enhanced his popularity:
Now 62.5% (up 7.5% in 3 weeks) of Australian electors prefer Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister, 24% (down 6% in 3 weeks) prefer Malcolm Turnbull while 13.5% (down 1.5%) are undecided or prefer someone else. This special telephone Morgan Poll was conducted over the last 2 nights (October 15/16, 2008) as the ‘World Financial crisis’ panicked markets around the world.
This Morgan Poll also finds 64% (up 9% since September 24/25) of electors approve of the way Kevin Rudd is handling his job as Prime Minister, 23% (down 8%) disapprove and 13% (down 1%) are undecided.
The usual graphs can be found here.