Ahead of a looming avalanche of post-budget opinion polls, YouGov gets in with a poll whose field work period starting last Friday and ending on the day the budget was delivered on Tuesday. The primary votes are Labor 30% (down three), Coalition 38% (up two), Greens 13% (steady) and One Nation 8% (steady). Albanese’s lead as preferred prime minister is in from 46-34 to 44-37. The poll also features a question on issue salience which evidently allowed respondents to choose multiple issues they felt the government should focus on. A question on national direction finds wrong direction favoured over right direction by 61% to 39%.

Source: The Guardian May 18, 2024 00:24 UTC