One Nation’s surge continues in polls as Andy Burnham set to become next UK PM

By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne

In two federal polls that were partly taken after Pauline Hanson’s June 17 National Press Club address, One Nation’s surge continued, gaining two points on primary votes in both the DemosAU and Morgan polls, to reach 30% and 31.5% respectively.

Owing to a five-point slump for the Coalition, the DemosAU poll was better for Labor with the combined One Nation/Coalition vote down three points to 48%. But in Morgan the right vote was up 2.5 points to 49%,…

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