That's forty-nine published Newspoll surveys in a row in which the Coaltion has failed to pull ahead of Labor on a Two-Party Preferred (TPP) basis.
The last time the federal government - of which you have been a member since September 2013 under prime ministers Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison - has been ahead of Labor was on 27 June 2016.
That lasted a full thirty-five five days because by 30 August the gloss had worn off that July federal election win and you could only reach TPP 50 points in the August 2016 Newspoll.
In late September of that year the Coalition lost even that small comfort as Labor began to out poll the Turnbull Government and then the Morrison Government.
If you are wondering why this is happening the answer is easy to find. Turn a few pages of Hansard.
Every government backbencher, yourself included, votes on the floor of Parliament not in the interests of their electorate or that of the nation but in support of the hard-right ideology which dominates the Coalition Cabinet to the exclusion of even basic commonsense.
You have nobody to blame but yourselves.
So enjoy your 49th Kevin because your 50th is likely to be close on its heels.
*Image from Greeting Card Universe
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Newspoll survey of 1,582 respondents on
21-24 February 2019 was released on Monday 25 February:
Primary Vote – Labor 39 percent (unchanged) to Liberal-Nationals
37 per cent (unchanged), The Greens 9 per cent, One Nation 5 per cent.
Two Party Preferred (TPP) - Labor 53 per cent (unchanged) to Liberal-Nationals
Coalition 47 per cent (unchanged)
Voter Net Satisfaction With Leaders’
Performance – Prime Minister
Scott Morrison -6 points and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten -18 points.
If a federal election had been held on 24 February 2019 based of the preference flow in July 2016 then Labor would have won government with a majority 82 seats to the Coalition's 63 seats in the House of Representatives.
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