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Who is Australia's best post-war Prime Minister?
Monday, 17 October 2011 07:57 | Written by Graham Young

It appears to be John Howard, at least on first preferences.

 
Preferred Prime Ministers
Monday, 17 October 2011 07:48 | Written by Graham Young

Our preferred prime minister polling was more detailed this time as we tested not just Abbott and Gillard, but Rudd and Turnbull as well. The table below summarises the results.

 
Preferred leaders - quants
Monday, 17 October 2011 06:50 | Written by Graham Young

Stephen Smith is the preferred leader of the Labor Party, while Malcolm Turnbull is the preferred leader of the Liberals. The tables and some analysis are below and further analysis is also available at Present pollies fail the voter connectivity test.

 
ALP vote stabilises and recovers a little ground
Monday, 17 October 2011 06:14 | Written by Graham Young

Our First Preference Index shows Labor recovering slightly in the last quarter.

 
Australians and population
Wednesday, 31 August 2011 11:03 | Written by Graham Young

Australians don't think that Australia has a population problem, but they do think the world does, according to our recent research into Australians and attitudes to population growth.

 
Who cares about gay marriage?
Wednesday, 24 August 2011 22:02 | Written by Graham Young

I haven't polled on the gay marriage issue, but plenty of others have and it would appear that the majority of Australians favour it, so I was surprised to receive a media release from the Australian Christian Lobby claiming overwhelming opposition.

 
June Omnibus - the leaders
Tuesday, 19 July 2011 21:32 | Written by Graham Young

Australian politics is increasingly negative. Many Labor voters cite Tony Abbott as a reason for voting Labor, while many Liberal voters do the same with Julia Gillard. Over to one side is a group of voters who just wish they had another option. Even when respondents are positive about the leader of the party they would vote for it is often qualified by phrases like "least worst".

 
June Omnibus - the issues
Tuesday, 19 July 2011 19:50 | Written by Graham Young

Climate change, and its proposed cure - a carbon tax - are the major issue in this poll. With the economy and cost of living making a supporting appearance. The Greens have also solidified into a major issue for non-Labor voters. The Leximancer map graphically illustrates it. (Liberal voters are to the right and Labor and Greens voters to the left. The vann diagram groups words into themes and associates them with each other and with types of voter.)

 
June 2011 Quants
Saturday, 16 July 2011 17:53 | Written by Graham Young

Has public opinion overshot on the two-party preferred vote? Our panel certainly suggests that it might be a mirror reverse of what happened in the run-up to the 2007 election. Kevin 24/7 consistently scored over 55 per cent of the two-party preferred vote (sometimes almost as high as 60 percent) only to fall back to around 52 per cent at the election.

 
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