Recent Blog PostsOur PollsQueensland election preview on ABC radioby Graham Young Friday, 20 January 2012 22:46 I did an interview yesterday with Steve Austin on ABC Radio yesterday on the coming Queensland State Election (which will probably be announced on Tuesday next week, but time will tell). Queensland qualby Graham Young Monday, 16 January 2012 12:02 An interesting feature of this state election is the way that some rural Queenslanders have allied themselves with the urban Greens voters. This is not likely to be a long term alliance. Queensland quantsby Graham Young Sunday, 15 January 2012 11:00 There has been a decrease in both Labor and LNP votes with a fair percentage of this going to the new Bob Katter's Australian Party. The LNP decreased from 49% to 43%, Labor from 24% to 20% and from nowhere Katter is now on 13% - three percent shy of the Greens. What motivates Queenslanders who head to the pollsby Graham Young Sunday, 15 January 2012 10:47
Cruisey Can Do must do better in Queensland electionby Graham Young Sunday, 18 December 2011 07:05 The LNP appears to be cruising to victory at next year's state election, but maybe they are a bit too cruisy – it's not as good as it looks. On the surface they have every reason to be relaxed. Surveys of our online virtual focus groups say that only 10% of voters expect Labor to win the next election; that around 60% of them are going to vote directly or indirectly for the LNP; and that only 53% of those who voted Labor last time want Labor to win this time. Polls in the NewsANZ Job Ads September 2011by Graham Young Monday, 10 October 2011 01:17 The ANZ Job Ads Index for September shows a decline month-on-month and a deceleration in growth year on year. If you're wondering how this could be, it means that year-on-year only looks good because of the growth in the earlier part of the year. A more likely Katter figureby Graham Young Wednesday, 07 September 2011 05:07 "Win over Ashgrove voters? Can Do" according the the Brisbane Times and a poll by ReachTEL, meaning that Campbell Newman is likely to win Ashgrove with a substantial margin. Polling question concocted to show Katter on 25%by Graham Young Tuesday, 06 September 2011 21:12 A Galaxy poll reported in The Courier Mail yesterday said that Bob Katter's Australian Party could possibly score 25% of the vote at the next state election. The question is poorly worded and the result almost certainly wrong. Home loan arrearsby Graham Young Saturday, 02 July 2011 22:25 My colleague John Black has done some interesting analysis of home loan arrears which could go some way to explaining why Labor is in trouble in Queensland more than most other states - because it picks Queensland as a home arrears hotspot. Federal leaders strongly supported for positions - A C Nielsenby Graham Young Monday, 18 April 2011 10:12 The latest AC Nielsen poll shows Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott are both quite safe, at least from a polling point of view, as leaders of their respective parties. You could be pardoned for not knowing this, as the media has been reporting the opposite. |