Support for Anthony Albanese government plunges in the states that helped secure a Labor victory

Support for Anthony Albanese and his government has fallen in the states that delivered Labor an election victory, as men and younger voters turn away from his government.

The latest Newspol has found that the ALP lost significant ground in Victoria and Western Australia, while the Prime Minister’s popularity gradually fell in the six months leading up to the Voice to Parliament referendum.

Labor’s primary vote in Victoria fell from 41 per cent in March/April to 36 per cent in October.

Meanwhile, the coalition’s primary vote increased from 33 percent to 35 percent.

In Western Australia, a state crucial to majority Labor government in 2022, the Liberal Party increased its primary vote by five points to 38 percent.

In contrast, Labor saw a decline of two points, bringing its primary vote share to 38 percent.

In New South Wales, the Coalition’s primary vote fell by one point to 34 percent, while Labor’s was stable at 38 percent.

This change resulted in a slight improvement in Labour’s two-party preferred lead, which now stands at 56 to 44 percent.

In South Australia, the Coalition’s primary vote fell by five points to 30 percent, while Labor’s rose by two points to 40 percent.

On a two-party basis, Labor leads 57 to 43 percent.

In Tasmania, the Coalition has a primary vote of 25 percent, while Labor’s primary vote is 30 percent.

Despite the slightly better results for the coalition, Mr Albanese is still far ahead of Peter Dutton (photo left with Jacinta Nampijinpa Price) as preferred prime minister

Nationally, the poll also shows that the government’s primary vote fell by two points to 36 percent, while the opposition’s primary vote rose by two points from 33 to 35 percent.

The NewsPoll with a sample size of 6,378 voters also found that support for the government among male and younger voters was declining.

The coalition has won back male voters living in the suburbs, while the Greens have made notable strategic gains among professional women living in the cities.

The recent increase in support for the Liberal Party reflects a four percent swing in favor of Labor in the two-party preferential vote since the start of the year, moving the ratio from 57-43 percent to 54-47 percent. .

Approval for Mr Albanese’s performance as leader has gradually declined and he has dipped in both South Australia, where he chose to launch the Voice to Parliament campaign, and Queensland.

But he still has a huge lead over Peter Dutton when it comes to preferred prime minister, with 51 per cent support across the country, while Mr Dutton is on 31 per cent.

The largest gap occurred in Tasmania, where the Prime Minister is at 59 percent and the Opposition Leader is at 21 percent.