Labor and the Greens improve in Newspoll and Resolve and One Nation drops

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

Two federal polls taken last week (Newspoll and Resolve) have gains for Labor and the Greens and drops for One Nation. The total One Nation and Coalition vote was 48% in both Newspoll and Resolve (down one in Newspoll and down three in Resolve).

I had expected Labor to be adversely affected by the Reserve Bank’s September 29 interest rate hike. Voters may be blaming Donald Trump and the Iran war more.

Seven weeks before the Victorian election…

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