Modern Australian

Labor has equal best Newspoll budget result, gains in Ipsos, but trails in Longman

  • Written by Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Labor has equal best Newspoll budget result, gains in Ipsos, but trails in LongmanWhile this is Malcolm Turnbull's 32nd consecutive Newspoll loss as PM, the past two have been narrow losses. AAP/Ellen Smith

This week’s Newspoll, conducted May 10-13 from a sample of 1,730, gave Labor a 51-49 lead, unchanged from three weeks ago. Primary votes were 39% Coalition (up one), 38% Labor (up one), 9% Greens (steady) and 6% One...