One Nation would have received just 29 per cent of preferences from Coalition, Greens and independent voters if an election was held last week, giving Pauline Hanson’s party little chance of winning a large number of seats despite its sharp increase in support.
An exclusive Newspoll conducted for The Australian shows One Nation would struggle against Labor at an election despite surging to become the second most popular party.
When given the option of what party they would rank higher between Labor or One Nation if their first vote did not count, 50 per cent of those supporting other parties or candidates would give their preferences to Anthony Albanese’s party. Twenty-one per cent of respondents said they either didn’t know or would follow the how-to-vote card of the party that received their primary vote.
The preferences of Liberal voters were split between the two parties while Nationals preferences overwhelmingly went to One Nation and Greens to Labor.
According to the survey of 1234 people taken between February 4 and 7, 33 per cent of Liberal voters, 6 per cent of Nationals and 91 per cent of Greens voters would preference Labor ahead of One Nation. Forty-three per cent of Liberal and 70 per cent of Nationals voters would preference One Nation ahead of Labor, compared to just 1 per cent of Greens voters.
Labor receives a stronger flow of preferences in both cities (56 per cent to 25 per cent) and the regions (41 per cent to 35 per cent). The only demographic where the preferences of Coalition, Greens and “other” voters flow higher to One Nation than Labor is for the over 65s.
The likely preference flows highlights the benefits to the Albanese government from the rise of Senator Hanson’s party, after a Newspoll published on Sunday showed the Coalition primary vote had plunged to just 18 per cent, with One Nation rocketing to 27 per cent.
While Labor’s primary vote is a historically low 33 per cent, if the results were replicated at an election the Albane…
#Newspoll: Liberal and other voter preferences to keep Pauline Hanson’s One Nation at bay
One Nation would have received just 29 per cent of preferences from Coalition, Greens and independent voters if an election was held last week.
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