Total support for right-wing parties rises in Newspoll before Secret Harbour byelection

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

Both the Newspoll and Redbridge polls were entirely conducted before Saturday’s Western Australian Secret Harbour byelection, in which One Nation had a big win over Labor. In Newspoll, the total vote for One Nation and the Coalition was up two points to 49%.

After an outlier-looking 53% for the combined right in its late July poll, Redbridge has the right at 50% in its latest poll.

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