Pauline Hanson has overtaken Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as preferred prime minister, while One Nation has recorded its strongest-ever result in a national Resolve poll.
The Resolve Political Monitor survey, conducted from June 8 to 13 among 1801 voters, showed One Nation rising five points to 29 per cent on the primary vote, moving ahead of Labor on 28 per cent and the Coalition on 20 per cent.
Hanson led the preferred prime minister measure with 33 per cent support, ahead of Albanese on 29 per cent, while Opposition Leader Angus Taylor recorded 16 per cent. Twenty-two per cent of voters remained undecided.
Resolve pollster Jim Reed said the result showed One Nation’s support was expanding beyond its traditional voter base.
“We’ve already put to bed the idea that One Nation represents just a fragmentation of the right and that it attracts only older men; this tells us that they also appeal to non-white and immigrants too,” Reed said.
He said the trend reflected a “drawbridge effect”, with some migrant voters expressing opposition to higher levels of immigration.
The poll found 35 per cent of voters rated Albanese’s performance as good or very good, while 55 per cent rated it negatively. Taylor recorded 38 per cent positive and 32 per cent negative ratings.
In a direct contest between Albanese and Taylor, the Prime Minister held 31 per cent support compared with Taylor’s 32 per cent, with 36 per cent undecided.
Source: News.com.au.
