Voting referendum: Support for an indigenous body to advise parliament is in ‘free fall’ according to shocking latest poll
Support for an Indigenous voice in parliament has fallen by 5 percent in a month, with Yes voters in every state except Victoria at less than 40 percent.
The RedBridge poll from the first week of September showed that only 39 percent of voters plan to vote ‘yes’ in the upcoming referendum on October 14.
Redbridge only allows participants to choose whether they will vote Yes or No, meaning undecided voters were excluded from the results. Daily telegram reports.
However, the results of the survey were similar to those of a poll on the Freshwater Strategy last week, which showed that 59 percent of respondents planned to vote ‘no’, while undecided voters were excluded.
Including the undecided, it showed that 50 percent of voters planned to vote no, compared to 35 percent who planned to vote yes, while 15 percent were still debating.
New survey finds only 39 percent of voters plan to vote ‘Yes’ in support of Indigenous Voice to Parliament
The research from both RedBridge and Freshwater Strategy found that a large number of Labor voters had abandoned Anthony Albanese’s Yes campaign (above)
Both polls also showed that Coalition voters were very likely to support Peter Dutton’s No campaign, while Prime Minister Albanese had lost favor with Labor voters.
Only 57 percent of Labor voters surveyed by RedBridge said they planned to vote ‘yes’ in the referendum, while Freshwater reported just 53 percent.
RedBridge director Tony Barry said the Yes campaign is “now in free fall.”
“The Yes23 campaign continues to inform the media that they are taking their campaign to the suburbs and regions, but then they return to media stunts with companies, celebrities or former senior politicians who previously opposed it,” he told the Telegraph.
‘The No campaign is showing greater message discipline by repeatedly referring to the proposal as the ‘Canberra Voice’, as their research presumably shows it is a persuasive message that moves soft voters to their columns.’
He added that the Yes campaign’s attempt to use Qantas and Alan Joyce to drum up support was a doomed mistake.
‘Pitching your campaign to a toxic brand like Qantas and one of the country’s most hated CEOs might work when pitching your message to the members of the Chairman’s Lounge, but in Australia’s suburbs and regional areas it’s spreading like a pathogen down. ,’ he said.
Coalition voters had remained loyal to opposition leader Peter Dutton and were likely to vote no in the October 14 referendum