Essential Report: yet another tight opinion poll for the main contenders in 2010 Australian federal election

From the Essential Report (2 August 2010) survey conducted online from 27th July to 1st August 2010:

Q. The Federal Election will be held on 21 August – to which party will you probably give your first preference in the House of Representatives? If not sure, which party are you currently leaning toward?

Q. If don’t know – Well which party are you currently leaning to for the House of Representatives?

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2,418 sample size

NB. The data in the above tables comprise 2-week averages derived the first preference/leaning to voting questions. Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ are not included in the results. The two-party preferred estimate is calculated by distributing the votes of the other parties according to their preferences at the 2007 election.
* Sample is the aggregation of two weeks’ polling data.

The questions in this week’s report include:

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader?

Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott?

Q. What is the main reason you intend to vote for the Labor Party/Liberal or National Party/Greens?

Q. Tony Abbott has proposed to cut immigration from around 300,000 a year to 170,000? Do you approve or disapprove of this cut to immigration?

Q. Which leader and party do you trust most to handle immigration issues?