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Albanese and Labor slump to worst position in Newspoll since 2022 election (theconversation.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A national Newspoll, conducted October 30 to November 3 from a sample of 1,220 people, gave Labor a 52–48% lead over the Coalition, a two-point gain for the Coalition since the final Newspoll before the October 14 Voice referendum. This is Labor’s narrowest lead in Newspoll since the 2022 federal election.

The historical Newspoll results may be helpful to better contextualize the most recent results.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Phrasing makes the story of course.

"Slumping"

"Worst"

"Damaging"

"Heavy defeat"

Over a two percent swing against them, and they're still ahead of the opposition, but it's all doom and gloom for Labor, isn't it?

I mean glancing through the article shows polling for them isn't fantastic, but that kind of title just doesn't get the clicks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

the hit was inevitable after the voice, but that will blow over. even as someone who is generally pretty happy with the government, they are dropping the ball on cost of living and arent even talking about it, i'd expect no less from the coalition but labor are better than this

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Eh, it's 10 points down on PM approval, with a net approval decline of 40 (!) in 3 months. I think the descriptions are pretty fair when applied to the combination of polls, especially since "worst" is objective in this context.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Hmm maybe I am responding more to the emphasis on the negativity in the summary/title than the actual numbers.