FIVE POLL AVERAGE 54.6 TO LABOR
Little evidence of "budget bounce"
Labor would comfortably win election "held now"
Little evidence of "budget bounce"
Labor would comfortably win election "held now"
Leads in polling at this stage tend to contract
Herewith a roundup of polling following the Budget. It's been a long time since I had time for the last federal polling roundup here, so I just want to set the polling scene before moving on, time (what is that?) permitting, to Tasmanian House of Reps seat guides, a Tasmanian Senate guide [EDIT: that will come after nominations are released] and hopefully a general assessment of the prospects for the Senate. In short, the government's current polling is rather bad, but it is not all over yet. To take things pollster by pollster, with the three who are Australian Polling Council members at the top and the laggards and backsliders at the bottom:
