Anthony Albanese’s popularity hits an all time low as new polls shows support for the Voice plummeting further: ‘It’s over’
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s popularity has slumped to a new low as a poll finds support for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament has fallen among young voters.
Labor’s primary vote dropped to 34 per cent – its lowest level sine the election and only two percentage points ahead of the Coalition, according to a Newspoll conducted by The Australian.
Satisfaction with Mr Albanese’s performance dropped two points to 45 per cent – the lowest since he became Prime Minister.
In another blow to Mr Albanese, support for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament also declined ahead of this week’s referendum.
Support for the Voice fell to 34 per cent in the past fortnight ahead of Aussies casting their vote on October 14.
Support for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament has slumped to 34 per cent ahead of voting on October 14
The referendum’s approval rating has reached its lowest ebb since it was first proposed, while support for the No vote rose two points to 58 per cent.
About eight per cent of voters are still undecided but since the ‘don’t know’ category has been removed as an option the split becomes 37/63 in favour of the No vote.
The poll, which surveyed 1,225 voters nationally between October 3 and October 6, found a troubling trend for the Yes campaign among its key group of voters.
For the first time, support for the referendum slumped to below 50 per cent in voters aged between 18 to 34 years old.
Young voters who intend to vote No rose eight percentage points to 49 per cent, with those planning to vote Yes dropped four points to 46 per cent.
While young Aussies undecided in their vote almost doubled from five to nine per cent.
Former Labor strategist turned pollster Kos Samaras declared the Yes vote could not win from here.
‘Once you include undecided voters. That’s closer to the high 30s,’ he said of the Yes vote.
‘It’s done. It’s over.’
Since its inception, approval for the referendum has dropped by almost 10 per cent among young Australians – a critical voting group for the Yes campaign.
Support for the referendum also dropped to below 50 per cent among Labor voters, with the No vote rising six points to 42 per cent and the Yes vote falling six points to 48 per cent.
The poll found that the No vote outnumbered the Yes case in every demographic category.
Just over a quarter – 26 per cent – of Australians aged between 50 and 64 years-old said they were in favour of the Voice, while 24 per cent of voters aged over 65 would vote yes.
Support for the Yes vote rose by one point to 37 per cent among Australians aged 35 to 49 years old but is still behind a strong No case at 53 per cent.
Despite the recent grim poll results, Mr Albanese still remains optimistic that the referendum will win.
The poll showed the coalition lead Labor 36 per cent to 34 per cent on primary votes although the ALP still holds a comfortable two-party preferred lead of 53 per cent to 47 per cent.
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For the first time, support for the referendum slumped to below 50 per cent in a critical voting group for the Yes campaign – Aussies aged between 18 to 34 years old
Voters showed a one-percentage-point rise for the Greens to 12 per cent while Pauline Hanson’s One Nation was down one point to five per cent.
Support for other minor parties and independents, categorised as ‘others’ in the poll, rose two points to 13 per cent – another new high since the election.
Mr Albanese’s popularity as the country’s preferred prime minister has also slipped, with his lead over coalition leader Peter Dutton narrowing to 17 points – the tightest margin since the election.
Satisfaction with Mr Albanese’s performance dropped two points to 45 per cent – the lowest since he became prime minister.
Those dissatisfied with the job he was doing as leader rose two points to 46 per cent, delivering a net negative satisfaction rating of minus one.
Mr Dutton’s approval ratings rose five points to 37 per cent while a two-point fall in those dissatisfied with him left him at 50 per cent, keeping the coalition leader firmly in negative territory on minus 13.s to 31 per cent.
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