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Labor Reinforces Its Election Victory
The first face-to-face Morgan Poll since Labor comprehensively won the Federal election finds ALP primary support at 49.5% (6.1% above its election result of 43.4%), L-NP primary support at 34% (8.1% below its election result of 42.1%), Greens 10.5%, Family First 2.5%, and Others 3.5%. On a two-party preferred basis the ALP holds a commanding 21% lead: 60.5% cf. 39.5%. With the election of the Rudd Government, the proportion of Australians saying Australia is going in the “right direction” is 64%, up 10% since election eve. A low 16.5% (down 13.5%) think the country is “seriously heading in the wrong direction” (19.5% can’t say). The Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating (GCR) is 147.5. The GCR is 100 plus the difference between the percentage of Australians who say the country is “going in the right direction” and the percentage who say the country is “going in the wrong direction”. Gary Morgan says:
This latest Morgan Poll on Federal voting intention was conducted face-to-face on the weekends of December 1/2 and 8/9, 2007, with an Australia-wide cross-section of 1,843 electors. Electors were asked: “If a Federal election for the House of Representatives were being held today — which party would receive your first preference?” Of all electors surveyed, 4.5% did not name a party. During the period:
For further information: Gary Morgan: Office +61 3 9224 5213 Mobile +61 411 129 094 Michele Levine: Office +61 3 9224 5215 Mobile +61 411 129 093 AUSTRALIA HEADING IN “RIGHT” OR “WRONG” DIRECTION Respondents were asked: “Generally speaking, do you feel that things in Australia are heading in the right direction or would you say things are seriously heading in the wrong direction?”
^ Phone Poll * Roy Morgan GCR = Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating (100 plus the difference between the percentage of people who say the country is “going in the right direction” and the percentage who say the country is “going in seriously the wrong direction”) THINK WILL WIN Respondents were asked: "Regardless of who you'd like to win, who to you THINK will win the next Federal election - the Liberal-National Coalition or the Labor Party?"
FEDERAL VOTING INTENTION SUMMARY - HOUSE OF REPS (%)
Note: National Party results are in brackets # Sample Sizes under 50 should be treated with caution * The Family First Party were included as an option on Federal Voting Intention from October 30, 2004 ^ 1998 Federal election results have been updated to include results from the electorate of Newcastle supplementary election. The L-NP did not have a candidate contesting the electorate of Newcastle TWO-PARTY PREFERRED VOTE (%)
^ 1998 Federal election results have been updated to include results from the electorate of Newcastle supplementary election. The L-NP did not have a candidate contesting the electorate of Newcastle Margin of Error The margin of error to be allowed for in any estimate depends mainly on the number of interviews on which it is based. The following table gives indications of the likely range within which estimates would be 95% likely to fall, expressed as the number of percentage points above or below the actual estimate. The figures are approximate and for general guidance only, and assume a simple random sample. Allowance for design effects (such as stratification and weighting) should be made as appropriate.
The Morgan Poll was the most accurate of all polling companies at the 2007 Federal election for both primary vote and two-party preferred predictions (sample 2,115 electors). The Morgan Poll accurately predicted that the ALP would win the 2006 Queensland election with a reduced majority (sample 604 electors).
The Morgan Poll accurately predicted that the ALP would win the 2006 Victorian election with a reduced majority (sample 956 electors). The Morgan Poll was also the most accurate on the primary vote of the major parties for the Victorian election. Note: The recent discussion on Possum Pollytics regarding Morgan and Newspoll is well worth reading. The following included comment says it all: “I find it interesting that for the only poll in the last five years for which there is any ‘real’ figure with which to compare, i.e. the polls immediately before the 2004 election, Morgan (45.5%) was closer to the actual Coalition Primary (46.7%) than Newspoll (45%) or Nielsen (49%), and Morgan (38.5%) was also closer to the ALP actual primary (37.6%) than Newspoll (39%), and only marginally further away than Nielsen (37%). Since we have no idea of how far away the ongoing polls are from ‘reality’ (whatever that means), surely we should just go with what we know, that in the most recent testable case, Morgan was better at forecasting the actual primary vote than Newspoll. On what possible basis should we decide that the Newspoll or Nielsen primary vote estimate is ‘better’ than Morgan’s.” View Federal Voting Intention Trend The Morgan Poll is conducted by the ONLY Australian and New Zealand member of the Gallup International. No other public opinion poll taken in Australia or New Zealand has this qualification. Finding No. 4259 is taken from Computer Report No. 2232 |
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