A Guardian Lonergan poll suggested that the Coalition had 44 per cent of the primary vote with Labor on 35 per cent.
However the gaps narrows when preferences are taking into consideration, with the Coalition still ahead on 52 per cent to 48 per cent for Labor, with a dearth of votes flowing from the Greens.
However a poll in Rupert Murdoch’s paper The Australian suggested Labor’s primary vote would be a per cent lower, on 34, with the Coalition on 47.
On the two party preferred system that would give the Coalition 54 per cent with Labor on 46 per cent.
Responding to the figures Labor leader Kevin Rudd said: “I’m a fighter. I will continue to fight and I will continue to fight for Australian families,
“We will fight this to the conclusion of the campaign.”
Queensland remains Labor’s biggest problem. The party needs to secure seats there if it is to have any chance of forming the next government. However polls show that Labor’s primary vote there is just 34 per cent, with the Coalition on 50.
According to the Guardian Labor’s core support remains in the 18 to 24 bracket. In polling amongst young people the party leads the Coalition 42 per cent to 37.
Despite a string of gaffes during the election Tony Abbott has narrowed his deficit on Rudd in polling asking who would be the preferred next prime minister.
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