Labor needs substantially more than 50% of the two-party preferred vote – 51.8% according to the pendulum – to win the majority of seats, 76. This equates to a swing of 3.3 percentage points.
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A staggering 10,000 people took part in our #SetTheAgenda poll. The number one issue was climate change.
According to a new poll, people across political and demographic lines think the private space race is good for the future but still just an ego trip for the billionaires involved.
The annual Scanlon Foundation survey found nearly half those aged 18-24 viewed climate change as the biggest problem facing Australia, compared to 12% of those aged 35-44 and 8% of those aged over 75.
South Africa’s official opposition, the Democratic Alliance needs to face its racial dilemmas.
Americans are becoming more anxious about every element of their lives from safety to finances to politics.
Concerns over filter bubbles and fake news are often based on anecdotal evidence. There is relatively little systematic research on the topic; a new survey finds widespread fears are unwarranted.
Pollsters must be as accurate as possible. How will they address the challenges revealed in the 2016 election, and other changes in the coming years?
Many pollsters are now eating humble pie.
With the May 12 budget potentially crucial for Tony Abbott’s future, a Fairfax/Ipsos poll shows the government will go into its testing selling task with Treasurer Joe Hockey at rock bottom popularity.
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Emeritus professor, Monash University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director of the Elon University Poll, Elon University
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Assistant Professor / Department of Psychiatry; Assistant Research Professor / Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan
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Emeritus Professor of Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University
