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Following the 2020 Summit ALP Would Win Federal Election Easily

Finding No. 4289 - May 02, 2008

ALP primary support is 54.5% (down 0.5% since the previous Morgan Poll) while L-NP support is up 0.5% to 33.5%, the latest Morgan Poll (conducted April 19/20 and 26/27, 2008) finds.

On a two-party preferred basis, the ALP retains a commanding lead over the Coalition: 61.5% (down 1%) cf. 38.5% (up 1%).

Among the minor parties, support for the Greens is 5.5% (down 0.5%), Family First 2.5% (up 1.5%), and others 4% (down 1%).

59% (up 4%) of Australians say Australia is “heading in the right direction”, 27.5% (up 1%) think the country is “seriously heading in the wrong direction” and 13.5% (down 5%) are undecided.

The Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating (GCR) has strengthened to 131.5 points (up 3 points).  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:                             

“The ALP would easily win a Federal election if it were held now.

 

 “Following the Australia 2020 Summit, more Australians (59%, up 4%) believe Australia is “heading in the right direction” — a good result for Kevin Rudd and the ALP Government.”

 

This Morgan Poll on Federal voting intention was conducted face-to-face on the weekends of April 19/20 & 26/27, 2008, with an Australia-wide cross-section of 1891 electors.

Electors were asked: “If a Federal election for the House of Representatives were being held today — which party would receive your first preference?” 

 

 

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

During the period: 

    • One thousand Australians took part in the 2020 summit to brainstorm ideas for the country’s future;
    • Disgraced swimming star, Nick D’Arcy was banned from the Beijing Olympics after his alleged attack on former swimmer Simon Cowley;
    • Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has rejected foreign criticism of his country as international pressure mounted for him to stand down;
    • The Canberra leg of the Olympic torch relay took place with few disturbances; and
    • In the first meeting between new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Capital City Lord Mayors, they discussed the issue of high-speed broadband.

 

FEDERAL VOTING INTENTION SUMMARY - HOUSE OF REPS (%)

 

 

 

The

Family

Ind./

 

ALP

L-NP

Greens

First#

Others

RECENT ELECTION RESULTS

%

%

%

%

%

Election March 2, 1996

38.8

47.3 (8.6)

1.7

12.2

Election October 3, 1998^

40.1

39.5 (5.3)

2.1

18.3

Election November 10, 2001

37.8

43 (5.6)

4.4

13.8

Election October 9, 2004

37.6

46.4 (5.9)

7.2

2.0

6.8

Election November 24, 2007

43.4

42.1 (5.5)

7.8

2.0

4.7

MORGAN POLL

         

Dec 5/6, 2007**

49

36.5 (3.5)

7

1.5

6

Dec 1/2 & 8/9, 2007

49.5

34 (2.5)

10.5

2.5

3.5

Jan 5/6 & 12/13, 2008
51.5 33 (2.5) 8 2 5.5
Jan 23/24, 2008**
53 32(2) 10 1 4
Jan 19/20 & 26/27, 2008
49 36 (3) 8.5 1.5 5
Jan 30/31, 2008**
50 34.5 (3) 8 1 6.5
Feb 2/3 & 9/10, 2008
54 33 (3) 7.5 1.5 4
Feb 16/17 & 23/24, 2008
56.5 31.5(3) 6.5 1.5 4
Mar 1/2 & 8/9, 2008
55.5 30.5 (2.5) 9 1.5 3.5
Mar 11/12, 2008 (Phone)
53.5 34 (2.5) 5.5 1.5 5.5
Mar 15/16 & 22/23, 2008
55 31 (2) 7 3 4

Mar 26/27 & Apr 2/3, 2008 (Phone)

51 34 (2) 7.5 2 5.5

Apr 5/6, 2008

53.5 33.5 (2) 7.5 1.5 4

Apr 9/10, 2008 (Phone)

54 32 (3) 8.5 1

4.5

Apr 12/13, 2008

54 33.5 (4.5) 6.5 1 5

Apr 16/17, 2008 (Phone)

55 33 (2.5) 6 1

5

Apr 19/20 & 26/27, 2008

54.5 33.5 (3.5) 5.5 2.5 4

Note: National Party results are in brackets

# Sample Sizes under 50 should be treated with caution

^ 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

* The Family First Party were included as an option on Federal Voting Intention from October 30, 2004

** Phone Poll

TWO-PARTY PREFERRED VOTE (%)

 

ALP

L-NP

   
 
%
%    

Election March 2, 1996

46.4

53.6

   

Election October 3, 1998^

51

49

   

Election November 10, 2001

49

51    
Election October 9, 2004
47.3
52.7    
Election November 24, 2007 52.7
47.3
   
         

MORGAN POLL

Preferences distributed

by how electors

say they will vote

Preferences distributed

by how electors voted

at the 2007 election

  % % % %

Dec 5/6, 2007**

58.5 41.5 58.5 41.5

Dec 1/2 & 8/9, 2007

61.5 38.5 60.5 39.5

Jan 5/6 & 12/13, 2008

62 38 61.5 38.5

Jan 23/24, 2008**

63 37 63 37

Jan 19/20 & 26/27, 2008

60 40 59 41

Jan 30/31, 2008**

60 40 60 40

Feb 2/3 & 9/10, 2008

63 37 62.5 37.5

Feb 16/17 & 23/24, 2008

64.5 35.5 64.5 35.5

Mar 1/2 & 8/9, 2008

65.5 34.5 65 35

Mar 11/12, 2008 (Phone)

62 38 61 39

Mar 15/16 & 22/23, 2008

63.5 36.5 63.5 36.5

Mar 26/27 & Apr 2/3, 2008 (Phone)

61.5 38.5 60.5 39.5

Apr 5/6, 2008

61.5 38.5 62 38

Apr 9/10, 2008 (Phone)

64.5 35.5 63.5 36.5

Apr 12/13, 2008

62.5 37.5 62 38

Apr 16/17, 2008 (Phone)

64 36 62.5 37.5

Apr 19/20 & 26/27, 2008

62.5 37.5 61.5 38.5

** Phone Poll

^ 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

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?"

Think Will Win
ALP
L-NP
Can't Say
% % %
Dec 5/6, 2007**
58 14.5 27.5
Dec 1/2 & 8/9, 2007 61 17 22
Jan 5/6 & 12/13, 2008 65 15 20
Jan 23/24, 2008** 65 10.5 24.5
Jan 19/20 & 26/27, 2008 64 16 20
Jan 30/31, 2008** 65.5 9 25.5
Feb 2/3 & 9/10, 2008 65.5 17 17.5
Feb 16/17 & 23/24, 2008 69.5 15 15.5
Mar 1/2 & 8/9, 2008 70.5 14 15.5
Mar 11/12, 2008 (Phone) 71 13 16
Mar 15/16 & 22/23, 2008 70.5 14.5 15
Mar 26/27 & Apr 2/3, 2008 (Phone) 71.5 12.5 16

Apr 5/6, 2008

71.5 15 13.5

Apr 9/10, 2008 (Phone)

71.5 10 15

Apr 12/13, 2008

72 15.5 12.5

Apr 16/17, 2008 (Phone)

73 12 15

Apr 19/20 & 26/27, 2008

72.5 15.5 12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

** Phone Poll

 

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?”

 

Interviewing Dates — L-NP Government

 

May

26/27

June

2/3

June 9/10

& 16/17

June 23/24 &

June 30/July 1

July 7/8

& 14/15

July 21/22

& 28/29

Aug 4/5

& 11/12

Aug 18/19

& 25/26

Sep

1/2

Sep

8/9

Sep

15/16

Sep

22/23

Sep

29/30

 

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Right direction

50.5

48.5

51.5

51.5

55.5

49

49

48.5

47

48

52.5

52

49.5

Wrong direction

33

32.5

33.5

31

30

33.5

34.5

33

34.5

37

32

32

34.5

Roy Morgan GCR*

117.5

116

118

120.5

125.5

115.5

114.5

115.5

112.5

111

120.5

120

115

Can’t say

16.5

19

15

17.5

14.5

17.5

16.5

18.5

18.5

15

15.5

16

16

Total

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

 

 

Interviewing Dates — L-NP Government

 

Oct

6/7

Oct

13/14

Oct

17/18**

Oct

20/21

Oct

24/25**

Oct

27/28

Nov

3/4

Nov

7/8**

Nov

10/11

Nov

15-17**

Nov

17/18

Nov

21/22**

Nov

23**

 

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Right direction

53

57.5

53

53.5

63.5

56

50

55.5

55.5

48

52.5

52

54

Wrong direction

28.5

29

31.5

30

28

30

30.5

31

29

37

30

34

30

Roy Morgan GCR*

124.5

128.5

121.5

123.5

135.5

126

119.5

124.5

126.5

111

122.5

118

124

Can’t say

18.5

13.5

15.5

16.5

8.5

14

19.5

13.5

15.5

15

17.5

14

16

Total

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

 

 

Interviewing Dates — ALP Government

 

Dec

5/6**

Dec 1/2

& 8/9

Jan 5/6

& 12/13

Jan

23/24**

Jan 19/20

& 26/27

Jan

30/31**

Feb 2/3

& 9/10

Feb 16/17

& 23/24

Mar 1/2

& 8/9

Mar 11/12**

Mar 15/16

& 22/23

Mar 26/27

& Apr 2/3**

Apr

5/6

Apr

9/10**

Apr

12/13

Apr

16/17**

Apr 19/20 & 26/27

 

%

% % % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

Right direction

60

64 64 61 59.5 62 62.5 61 62.5 51.5 53.5 54 56.5 49.5 59 55 59

Wrong direction

15.5

16.5 17 19 20 20 18.5 22 20 29.5 27.5 26.5 25 26 23 26.5 28.5

Roy Morgan GCR*

144.5

 147.5

147

142

139.5

142

144 

139 

142.5

122 

126

127.5

131.5 

123.5 136 128.5 131.5

Can’t say

24.5

19.5 19 20 20.5 18 19 17 17.5 19 19 19.5 18.5 24.5 18 18.5 12.5

Total

100

100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

* 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”)

** Phone Poll

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.

Sample Size

Percentage Estimate

 

40%-60%

25% or 75%

10% or 90%

5% or 95%

1,000

±3.2

±2.7

±1.9

±1.4

1,500

±2.6

±2.2

±1.5

±1.1

2,000

±2.2

±1.9

±1.3

±1

 

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 Roy Morgan Research Centre conducts the Morgan Poll in Australia and New Zealand and is the Gallup International Association Member

No other public opinion poll taken in Australia or New Zealand has this qualification.


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