Shock poll as Labor support slides (1 Viewer)

[xMaNx]

Shock poll as Labor support slides

Just five days into the job, Julia Gillard's honeymoon appears to be over, with the new Prime Minister scoring her first shock opinion poll.

An exclusive Morgan-7News poll shows Labor has gone backwards since Ms Gillard deposed Kevin Rudd from the leadership last Thursday.

The Coalition has an election-winning lead, climbing 4.5 points to 51.5 per cent on a two-party preferred basis.

Labor has dropped 4.5 points to 48.5 per cent.

The poll, taken over the weekend and yesterday, also puts Opposition Leader Tony Abbott back in front as preferred prime minister on 48 per cent to Julia Gillard's 40 per cent.

The primary vote has the Liberal/Nationals on 45.5 per cent (up 4.5 points), Labor on 38.5 per cent (down 2.5 points) and the Greens on 9 per cent (down 3.5 points).

Today, most punters were betting that Ms Gillard will take the country to an election sooner rather than later, making August 28 the favourite Saturday for a ballot.

Sportingbet Australia CEO Michael Sullivan said punters have zeroed in on dates in August but all the big money had been for the 28th.

"We have taken a number of good bets which has seen the 28th shorten from $3.50 to $2.75 in the past 24 hours," Mr Sullivan said.

But all that may change in light of the Morgan-7News poll and the outcome of negotiations over the Resource Super Profits Tax on mining companies.

Shock poll as Labor support slides - Yahoo!7

 

[xMaNx]

I say good, she needs to get out of here ASAP!

stupid extremist!

 

[Lipin]

exclusive 7 news poll, what a load of crok! and you lot have fallen for it lol

 

[xMaNx]

the point is support is going down, who cares.

 

[Kwayera]

It's a Morgan poll. I wouldn't trust it given the results.

Shame.

 

[Rafy]

It's the Morgan face to face polls that have a significant house bias (in Labor's favour). This is a phone poll and it's as reliable as the others. That said, usual caveats regarding sampling error apply. The 5 other polls released post-spill have shown a Labor lead.

Also, that article is comparing this phone poll to Morgan's last face to face poll which is silly. It's apples and oranges. Saying there's been a 4.5% movement is rubbish. It should be compared to Morgan's last phone poll back in May which had a similar result.

 

[Rothbard]

ugh a woman in power

 

[Jimmy Recard]

ugh an atheist in power

 

[Chemical Ali]

Maybe she could stop the 'working families' rhetoric and it'll finally be payday for us childless atheists

...right guys?

 

[Jimmy Recard]

single men are always worst off
and its just going to get worse now

 

[omnipotent]

Not sure what part of these results are in anyway a "shock". The Labor party should have realised that practically sacking their leader and replacing him with a woman would lead to a decrease in their support.

 

[SashatheMan]

These polls shouldn't be trusted too much,.

 

[Lentern]

It's a Morgan poll. I wouldn't trust it given the results.

Shame.

Seconded, Newspoll, Nielsen and Galaxy release polls frequently enough to observe trends, best to ignore Morgan, Essential and the rest.

 

[Sheikh_Taj]

O MAH GAWD!
ITS A WOMAN!
so voting labour now!!!
Just a bunch of redneck feminists, that are voting labour only because a womans the PM.

 

[Existential]

yeah she's not married.
yeah she doesn't believe in God.

SO WHAT?!

 

[Existential]

Shock poll as Labor support slides - Yahoo!7

this poll is invalid you foolish troll.

 

[omnipotent]

yeah she's not married.
yeah she doesn't believe in God.

SO WHAT?!

She doesn't represent the values of a large proportion of the population who will look at her and say "OMGGVTFSC AN ATHEISTS??!?! WE GONZ GO TO HELL!!!11" or be like "SHEZ NOT MARRIED?!??! SHES AN ADULTRESS!!!! WE GONZ GO TO HELL!!!11"

Also "she" is a man, so that will lessen the extent to which females vote for her just for the sake of having a female prime minister.

 

[jennyfromdabloc]

yeah she's not married.
yeah she doesn't believe in God.

SO WHAT?!

Of course she doesn't believe in god.

Women are only capable of worshiping the cock.

 

[Zeroes]

O MAH GAWD!
ITS A WOMAN!
so voting labour now!!!
Just a bunch of redneck feminists, that are voting labour only because a womans the PM.

LOL nice assumption (I honestly thought it might happen too for a while) but I'm yet to see a single person drastically change their opinion in favour of labor because there's a woman there.
And there would also be people that would vote against labor simply because it's a woman which will more or less even it out, making your point redundant.