CANBERRA, Mar 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Voter support for the Australian government has fallen to a new low, a poll has found.
According to a survey, published by Australian National University (ANU) yesterday, the number of Australians who said they intend to vote for the governing coalition in the general election, fell to 32 percent in Jan.
It is the lowest figure recorded by the ANUPoll series, since it began in Jan, 2020, during the Black Summer bushfire crisis.
By comparison, 37 percent of voters said they would vote for the Labour.
The coalition received 41.4 percent of primary votes in the 2019 election, and the Labour 33.3 percent.
Nicholas Biddle, lead author of the report, said, the period between the Black Summer fires and Jan, 2022, would be remembered as one of the most tumultuous in Australian history.
“Of course, there have been other times of massive political upheaval, but the Black Summer bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic, created a unique set of circumstances that potentially changed the views of Australians regarding the effectiveness of the current government, and the role of government generally in Australia,” he said in a media release.
“Our study shows, quite substantial swings in voting intentions, with the Federal Government having a relatively low-level of support – just 35.4 percent – in Jan, 2020, before an increase to 40.3 percent in Jan, 2021, and a dramatic drop between Jan, 2021 and 2022.
A separate poll published by research company, Roy Morgan, yesterday found that the Labour leads the coalition 58-42 on a two-party preferred basis.
Thirty-seven percent of Roy Morgan poll participants said, they intend to vote for the Labour, and 31 percent for the coalition.
