Anthony Albanese’s popularity hits an all time low as new polls shows support for the Voice plummeting further: ‘It’s over’
Anthony Albanese’s popularity hits all-time low as new polls show support for Voice falls further: ‘It’s over’
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s popularity has fallen to a new low, after a poll found support for Indigenous Voice to Parliament among young voters.
Labour’s primary vote fell to 34 per cent – its lowest since the election and just two percentage points ahead of the Coalition, according to a Newspoll conducted by The Australian.
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In another blow to Mr. Albanian support for the Indigenous Voice for Parliament also fell ahead of this week’s referendum.
Support for Zeri fell to 34 percent in the last two weeks before Austrians went to the polls on October 14.
Support for Indigenous Voice in Parliament has fallen to 34 per cent ahead of the October 14 vote
The referendum’s approval rating has hit its lowest point since it was first proposed, while support for a No vote rose by two points to 58 percent.
Around eight percent of voters are still undecided, but since the ‘don’t know’ category has been removed as an option, the split becomes 37/63 in favor of a No vote.
The poll, which polled 1,225 voters nationally between October 3 and 6, found a worrying trend for the Yes campaign among its core group of voters.
For the first time, support for the referendum fell below 50 percent among voters aged 18 to 34.
New voters intending to vote No rose by eight percentage points to 49 per cent, with those planning to vote Yes falling by four points to 46 per cent.
While undecided young Austrians almost doubled their vote from five to nine percent.
Former Labor strategist turned pollster Kos Samaras declared that the Yes vote could not win from here.
“Once you include undecided voters. This is closer to the high 30s,” he said of the “Yes” vote.
‘It is done. It’s over.’
Since its launch, approval for the referendum has fallen by almost 10 per cent among young Australians – a critical voting group for the Yes campaign.
Support for the referendum fell below 50 per cent among Labor voters, with the No vote rising six points to 42 per cent and the Yes vote falling six points to 48 per cent.
The poll found that the No vote outnumbered the Yes vote in every demographic category.
Just over a quarter – 26 per cent – of Australians aged between 50 and 64 said they were in favor of The Voice, while 24 per cent of voters aged over 65 would vote yes.
Support for a Yes vote rose by one point to 37 per cent among Australians aged 35 to 49, but is still behind a strong No case at 53 per cent.
Despite the gloomy results of the last poll, Mr. Albanese still remains optimistic that the referendum will win.
The poll showed the coalition leading Labor 36 per cent to 34 per cent in key votes, although the ALP still holds a comfortable two-party preferred lead of 53 per cent to 47 per cent.
For the first time, support for the referendum fell below 50 per cent in a critical voting group for the Yes campaign – Australians aged 18 to 34
Voters showed a one percentage point increase for the Greens to 12 percent, while Pauline Hanson’s One Nation fell one point to five percent.
Support for other minor parties and independents, categorized as ‘other’ in the poll, rose by two points to 13 percent – another new high since the election.
Albanese’s popularity as the country’s preferred prime minister has also fallen, with his lead over coalition leader Peter Dutton narrowing to 17 points – the narrowest margin since the election.
Satisfaction with Mr Albanese’s performance fell two points to 45 per cent – the lowest since he became prime minister.
Those who were dissatisfied with the job he was doing as leader rose two points to 46 percent, giving a net negative satisfaction rating of minus one.
Mr Dutton’s approval ratings rose five points to 37 per cent, while a two-point drop in those who disapproved of him left him at 50 per cent, keeping the Coalition leader in negative territory at minus 13 .s at 31 percent.
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