Another day, another poll of slumping regard for Albo and his woke distractions. Not even the openly Voice activist Essential Research can hide his failings.
According to the most recent survey by Guardian Essential, both Anthony Albanese’s popularity and the direction of Australia are at historic lows compared to the 2022 election.
The study of 1,148 people indicated that 68% of voters believe the Albanese government is not doing enough to ensure “affordable and secure rentals,” and 75% feel the same way about the cost of living.
In the last week of parliament before the holiday break, the Greens and the Coalition joined forces to push back the government’s $10 billion housing future fund until October. This prompted the poll.
Only 33% of voters in the survey said they thought Australia was headed in the right direction, a drop of 8% from May and a drop of even more than 10% from February 2022, when Scott Morrison was still in office.
Eight percentage points more people now believe Australia is headed in the wrong direction. One in five people (21%) didn’t know.
When asked to rate each leader on a scale from 0 to 10, more than a third (36%) had a favourable opinion of Albanese, giving him a score between 7 and 10. This is, however, a five-point decline from his previous ratings and his lowest as prime minister.
About a third (32%) gave Albanese a neutral rating, up 2 percentage points, while 27% gave him a poor rating, up 3 percentage points.
The percentage of people who have a favourable opinion of Peter Dutton, leader of the federal opposition, rose by four points, to 27%. Three-in-ten had no opinion of Dutton, while 34% had an unfavourable one.
There is no two-party preferred measure this time around.
