The Labor government is headed for defeat in the upcoming federal election as support from voters plummets to a new low, according to a shock new poll.
Not only has Labor’s primary vote dropped to 25 per cent, but Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has maintained his lead over Anthony Albanese as preferred prime minister.
Mr Dutton (39 per cent) has a four point lead over the Prime Minister regarding who voters want to lead the nation in the latest Resolve Political Monitor poll for Nine Newspapers.
While 26 per cent of voters remain undecided on their preferred prime minister, it’s the second consecutive month that the Coalition leader has been ahead of Mr Albanese.
The Coalition has also skipped to a 10-point lead over Labor on a two-party preferred basis with 55 per cent.
If the result was replicated in the upcoming election, which could be just weeks away, it would make Labor the first one-term Australian government in almost 100 years.
There has also been no bounce for Labor after the Reserve Bank cut interest rates last Tuesday.
The poll found that 59 per cent of voters say the rate cut will not change their vote, showing that the majority of voters have already made up their mind on which party they intend to support at the polling booth.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (left) and partner Jodie Haydon remained upbeat at a policy launch event in Launceston on Sunday, despite support from voters plummeting to a new low
In other results, 43 per cent of voters consider Mr Albanese and Labor to be weak, while just 22 per cent say the same about Mr Dutton and the Coalition.
When asked which side of politics was showing strong leadership, 37 per cent said Mr Dutton and the Coalition, but just 24 per cent thought the same for Mr Albanese and Labor.
Resolve director Jim Reed said the poll showed the Coalition was in a strong position to win in its own right or get the support needed to form government in a hung parliament.
‘I think the swing is on, with both the declining primary vote and preference flows for Labor reflecting where people are at right now,’ he told Nine Newspapers.
‘The public mood has lifted after the rate cut, but it has not led to any increase in support for the government.’
The announcement of billionaire Clive Palmer’s new right wing party Trumpet of the Patriots last Wednesday had little effect on the poll of 1,506 voters surveyed.
‘I see nothing in the results or comments to suggest Clive Palmer’s party has made even the slightest dent yet,’ Mr Reed said.
Peter Dutton (pictured) remains in front of Anthony Albanese as preferred PM with voters surveyed by Resolve Political Monitor
‘This suggests that copying Donald Trump will not work here despite Palmer being the closest thing we have to him.’
Labor’s primary vote has been sliding steadily in recent months, from 30 per cent in November to 27 per cent in December and now 25 per cent in February and marks the party’s lowest result since the 2022 election.
Voters’ personal opinion of Mr Albanese is likely to have been a major factor in his government’s fading fortunes, with 34 per cent of people describing his performance as good, while 56 per cent said it was poor.
Mr Dutton’s performance was rated good by 45 per cent of those surveyed. However almost as many (40 per cent) described it as poor.
In other results, the primary vote of the Greens remains unchanged at 13 per cent, support for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation rose two points to nine per cent.
Support for the independents dropped by one point to nine per cent.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledged on Sunday to make GP visits free for most Aussies if he’s re-elected
The latest polling bad news for the Prime Minister and Labor follows the recent Newspoll which found for the first time that the majority of voters believed the Coalition would win the coming election.
On Sunday, Mr Albanese tried to make the election about Medicare by pledging to make GP visits free for most Aussies if he’s re-elected.
But whatever advantage Labor thought they might get from that $8billion plan was short-lived as Mr Dutton immediately announced he would do the same thing.
The federal election must be held on or before May 17.
