Oz Politics Blog

Today’s Australian reported on the latest Newspoll. There are a couple of interesting features worth noting. First, like the recent Nielsen poll, the attitudinals have really bounced for the Prime Minister on the back of his handling of the global financial crisis.

Second, unlike the recent Nielsen poll which translated the attitudinal bounce into a voting bounce, the Labor vote under Newspoll is continuing its slow slide. But Labor voters need not worry too much. While no longer stratospheric, Newspoll has Labor in a commanding position.

The usual graphs can be found here.