FED: Poll shows federal Labor would be re-elected: Poll

AAP General News (Australia)
08-23-2008
FED: Poll shows federal Labor would be re-elected: Poll

Support for the RUDD government remains strong .. and an opinion poll says it's even
notched up slightly .. enough for a victory .. if an election were held now.

The ROY MORGAN poll shows support for Labor is up 1.5 percentage points to 47 per cent
.. while the coalition is down 2 points to 37.5 per cent.

Support for the Australian Greens and the independents increased by half a percentage
point each .. but the independents slipped by one percentage point to five per cent.

On a two-party preferred basis .. support for the government climbed two points to
57 per cent .. while the coalition dropped to 43 per cent.

Nearly 18-hundred people were polled in early and mid-August for the latest survey.

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