Many voters believe Peter Dutton will become Australia’s next prime minister as Anthony Albanese’s approval rating plummets below Scott Morrison prior to his 2022 federal election loss.
A Newspoll survey of 1,259 voters last week found that 53 per cent expect the Liberal/National Coalition to win the upcoming election, compared to 47 per cent for Labor.
The results marked the first time the majority of voters believed the Coalition would win the election, which will held by May at the latest.
Just five months ago, 55 per cent of voters backed a Labor victory.
Mr Albanese similarly saw a drop in his approval rating with his performance rating slipping to 37 per cent while dissatisfaction rose to 57 per cent, giving the PM a net negative approval rating of -20.
The result was a six-point fall since the last poll in December and Mr Albanese’s worst rating since the 2022 election.
Mr Albanese’s approval rating is now worse than Mr Morrison’s at the same point in the 2022 election cycle, which he later lost, forcing him to step down as Coalition leader and later quit politics.
Meanwhile, Mr Dutton’s approval rating rose by one point to 40 per cent, giving him a net negative approval rating of -11.
New poll results show voters are losing faith in Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (pictured with fiancée Jodie Haydon on Saturday) as his approval rating falls to its worst result since the 2022 election

Most voters believed Peter Dutton would win the upcoming federal election with 39 per cent saying they would support the Coalition
But there is a glimmer of hope for Mr Albanese in that previous prime ministers John Howard and Paul Keating came back from worse approval ratings to win elections.
Mr Albanese can also take heart in the fact that he remains just ahead of Mr Dutton as Australia’s preferred prime minister at 44 per cent, despite the Opposition Leader increasing his vote to 41 per cent.
It was the narrowest margin recorded between the party leaders since the 2022 election.
In primary vote results, 31 per cent supported Labor, 39 for the Coalition, 12 per cent for the Greens, 11 per cent for minor parties, and seven per cent for One Nation.
The Coalition was the only party to have increased its primary vote since the last Newspoll in December.
The Coalition continues to lead on a two-party preferred basis at 51 per cent over Labor’s 49 per cent.

While Mr Albanese remains narrowly ahead as preferred prime minister, most voters believe Labor will lose to the Coalition in the upcoming election
Two out of three voters believed the upcoming election would result in a hung parliament – with either the Coalition or Labor leading a minority government.
The poll also found 29 per cent expect the Coalition to win as a minority with the support of independents while 24 per cent believe they will win enough seats to form government.
Just 15 per cent of voters believed Labor would maintain a majority government while 33 per cent expected it would lead a hung parliament.
More women believed in a Coalition victory at 58 per cent compared to 49 per cent of men.
Younger voters were also more inclined to predict a Coalition victory at 53 per cent.
The latest poll comes hours after Mr Albanese insisted his government was ‘heading in the right direction’ despite Labor’s declining popularity in the polls.
‘I lead a government that’s focused, that’s orderly, that has seen Australia through some very difficult economic times,’ he told Sky News on Sunday.
‘We understand that people have been doing it tough, but what we’ve done is act on that.’
‘We’ve taken substantial measures to ensure inflation now has a two in front of it. We produced two budget surpluses to assist with that.’
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