This article provides a list of federal opinion polls that were conducted between the 2007 election and 2010 election.

JWS poll of 28,000

A JWS Research "mega-poll", published by Fairfax

Fairfax Media

Fairfax Media Limited is one of Australia's largest diversified media companies. The group's operations include newspapers, magazines, radios and digital media operating in Australia and New Zealand. Fairfax Media was founded by the Fairfax family as John Fairfax and Sons, later to become John...

, polled an Australian record 22,000 voters in 54 marginal seats and a further 6,000 in safe seats late in the campaign. It revealed a national two-party preferred vote for Labor of 51.6 percent. Losses in Queensland and New South Wales were offset by the gains of Dunkley

Division of Dunkley

The Division of Dunkley is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Louisa Margaret Dunkley, a trade unionist and campaigner for equal pay for women. It is located in...

, McEwen

Division of McEwen

The Division of McEwen is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the centre of the state, north of the capital city of Melbourne...

 (both 57 percent), and Cowper

Division of Cowper

The Division of Cowper is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election and is named for Charles Cowper, an early Premier of New South Wales...

 and Boothby

Division of Boothby

The Division of Boothby is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. The division was created in 1903 and is named after William Boothby , the Returning Officer for the first election of Members of the House of Representatives in 1901....

 (both 54 percent), with a total of 79 Labor, 68 coalition, 3 independent.

Newspoll

Newspoll

Newspoll

Newspoll Market Research is an Australian company providing opinion polling and other market research services. Its chief executive is Martin O'Shannessy.Newspoll's surveys of voter opinion are published in The Australian....

 federal polling, published in The Australian

The Australian

The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964. The editor in chief is Chris Mitchell, the editor is Clive Mathieson and the 'editor-at-large' is Paul Kelly....

, consists of voting intention, better prime minister and leader satisfaction-dissatisfaction ratings, and is conducted via random telephone number selection in city and country areas nationwide, Friday to Sunday, usually each fortnight. Sampling sizes

Sample size

Sample size determination is the act of choosing the number of observations to include in a statistical sample. The sample size is an important feature of any empirical study in which the goal is to make inferences about a population from a sample...

 consist of around 1100–1200 electors. The declared margin of error

Margin of error

The margin of error is a statistic expressing the amount of random sampling error in a survey's results. The larger the margin of error, the less faith one should have that the poll's reported results are close to the "true" figures; that is, the figures for the whole population...

 is ± 3 percentage points.

Voting intention

(<) – since July 2010, Newspoll has not provided a separate Liberal and National primary vote, therefore from 23–25 July 2010 the Liberal column displays the coalition primary vote.

House of Representatives opinion polling

	Political parties					Two-party-preferred
	ALP	Lib	Nat	Grn	Oth	ALP	Lib/Nat
17–19 Aug 2010	36.2%	43.4%	<	13.9%	6.5%	50.2%	49.8%
13–15 Aug 2010	38%	41%	<	14%	7%	52%	48%
6–8 Aug 2010	38%	42%	<	13%	7%	52%	48%
30 Jul – 1 Aug 2010	37%	44%	<	12%	7%	50%	50%
23–25 Jul 2010	40%	42%	<	12%	6%	52%	48%
16–18 Jul 2010	42%	34%	4%	12%	8%	55%	45%
25–27 Jun 2010	42%	37%	3%	10%	8%	53%	47%
18–20 Jun 2010	35%	36%	4%	15%	10%	52%	48%
28–30 May 2010	35%	38%	3%	16%	8%	51%	49%
14–16 May 2010	37%	40%	3%	12%	8%	50%	50%
30 Apr-2 May 2010	35%	38%	5%	10%	12%	49%	51%
16–18 Apr 2010	43%	37%	3%	10%	7%	54%	46%
26–28 Mar 2010	43%	35%	3%	12%	7%	56%	44%
12–14 Mar 2010	39%	37%	4%	11%	9%	52%	48%
26–28 Feb 2010	40%	37%	4%	9%	10%	52%	48%
12–14 Feb 2010	39%	36%	4%	12%	9%	53%	47%
29–31 Jan 2010	40%	37%	4%	12%	7%	52%	48%
15–17 Jan 2010	40%	34%	4%	12%	10%	54%	46%
4–6 Dec 2009	43%	34%	4%	11%	8%	56%	44%
27–29 Nov 2009	43%	30%	5%	12%	10%	57%	43%
13–15 Nov 2009	43%	33%	4%	11%	9%	56%	44%
30 Oct – 1 Nov 2009	41%	36%	5%	10%	8%	52%	48%
16–18 Oct 2009	48%	30%	4%	10%	8%	59%	41%
28 Sep – 1 Oct 2009	46%	31%	4%	10%	9%	58%	42%
18–20 Sep 2009	43%	33%	5%	11%	8%	55%	45%
4–6 Sep 2009	44%	35%	4%	10%	7%	55%	45%
21–23 Aug 2009	44%	34%	4%	9%	9%	55%	45%
7–9 Aug 2009	45%	33%	4%	10%	8%	57%	43%
24–26 Jul 2009	46%	34%	4%	9%	7%	57%	43%
10–12 Jul 2009	43%	34%	5%	11%	7%	55%	45%
26–28 Jun 2009	44%	32%	5%	10%	9%	56%	44%
12–14 Jun 2009	41%	36%	4%	11%	8%	53%	47%
29–31 May 2009	43%	35%	3%	10%	9%	55%	45%
15–17 May 2009	46%	34%	3%	9%	8%	56%	44%
1–3 May 2009	42%	35%	3%	11%	9%	55%	45%
17–19 Apr 2009	47%	33%	4%	9%	7%	58%	42%
3–5 Apr 2009	47%	32%	4%	9%	8%	58%	42%
20–22 Mar 2009	45%	32%	5%	8%	10%	56%	44%
7–9 Mar 2009	44%	32%	4%	10%	10%	56%	44%
20–22 Feb 2009	47%	33%	3%	9%	8%	58%	42%
6–8 Feb 2009	48%	32%	4%	8%	8%	58%	42%
16–18 Jan 2009	43%	35%	4%	10%	8%	54%	46%
5–7 Dec 2008	48%	32%	3%	10%	7%	59%	41%
21–23 Nov 2008	42%	33%	5%	11%	9%	55%	45%
7–9 Nov 2008	44%	35%	3%	9%	9%	55%	45%
24–26 Oct 2008	44%	36%	3%	9%	8%	54%	46%
10–12 Oct 2008	41%	34%	4%	13%	8%	55%	45%
19–21 Sep 2008	42%	34%	4%	10%	10%	55%	45%
5–7 Sep 2008	44%	34%	3%	11%	8%	56%	44%
22–24 Aug 2008	45%	34%	4%	8%	9%	56%	44%
8–10 Aug 2008	47%	33%	5%	9%	6%	57%	43%
25–27 Jul 2008	47%	33%	4%	10%	6%	57%	43%
11–13 Jul 2008	43%	33%	5%	11%	8%	55%	45%
27–29 Jun 2008	44%	34%	5%	10%	7%	55%	45%
13–15 Jun 2008	46%	29%	4%	12%	9%	59%	41%
30 May – 1 Jun 2008	46%	33%	4%	10%	7%	57%	43%
16–18 May 2008	47%	34%	3%	9%	7%	57%	43%
2–4 May 2008	47%	33%	4%	9%	7%	57%	43%
18–20 Apr 2008	51%	30%	4%	9%	6%	61%	39%
4–6 Apr 2008	48%	32%	3%	10%	7%	59%	41%
14–16 Mar 2008	47%	31%	4%	11%	7%	59%	41%
29 Feb – 2 Mar 2008	51%	28%	3%	10%	8%	63%	37%
15–17 Feb 2008	46%	33%	3%	10%	8%	57%	43%
18–20 Jan 2008	46%	32%	3%	12%	7%	58%	42%
2007 Election	43.4%	36.6%	5.5%	7.8%	6.7%	52.7%	47.3%
20–22 Nov 2007	44%	39%	4%	7%	6%	52%	48%
Polling conducted by Newspoll Newspoll Newspoll Market Research is an Australian company providing opinion polling and other market research services. Its chief executive is Martin O'Shannessy.Newspoll's surveys of voter opinion are published in The Australian....  and published in The Australian The Australian The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964. The editor in chief is Chris Mitchell, the editor is Clive Mathieson and the 'editor-at-large' is Paul Kelly.... .

Leader ratings

Better Prime Minister^

Date	Labor Gillard Julia Gillard Julia Eileen Gillard is the 27th and current Prime Minister of Australia, in office since June 2010.Gillard was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales and migrated with her family to Adelaide, Australia in 1966, attending Mitcham Demonstration School and Unley High School. In 1982 Gillard moved...	Liberal Abbott Tony Abbott Anthony John "Tony" Abbott is the Leader of the Opposition in the Australian House of Representatives and federal leader of the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. Abbott has represented the seat of Warringah since the 1994 by-election...
17–19 Aug 2010	50%	37%
13–15 Aug 2010	50%	35%
6–8 Aug 2010	49%	34%
30 Jul – 1 Aug 2010	50%	35%
23–25 Jul 2010	50%	34%
16–18 Jul 2010	57%	27%
25–27 Jun 2010	53%	29%
	Rudd Kevin Rudd Kevin Michael Rudd is an Australian politician who was the 26th Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010. He has been Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010...	Abbott
18–20 Jun 2010	46%	37%
28–30 May 2010	49%	33%
14–16 May 2010	49%	33%
30 Apr – 2 May 2010	50%	32%
16–18 Apr 2010	56%	29%
26–28 Mar 2010	59%	27%
12–14 Mar 2010	55%	30%
26–28 Feb 2010	55%	30%
12–14 Feb 2010	55%	27%
29–31 Jan 2010	58%	26%
15–17 Jan 2010	57%	25%
4–6 Dec 2009	60%	23%
	Rudd	Turnbull Malcolm Turnbull Malcolm Bligh Turnbull is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2004, and was Leader of the Opposition and parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party from 16 September 2008 to 1 December 2009.Turnbull has represented the Division...
27–29 Nov 2009	65%	14%
13–15 Nov 2009	63%	22%
30 Oct-1 Nov 2009	63%	19%
16–18 Oct 2009	65%	19%
28 Sep-1 Oct 2009	67%	18%
18–20 Sep 2009	65%	17%
4–6 Sep 2009	67%	19%
21–23 Aug 2009	66%	19%
7–9 Aug 2009	65%	17%
24–26 Jul 2009	66%	16%
10–12 Jul 2009	64%	19%
26–28 Jun 2009	65%	18%
12–14 Jun 2009	57%	25%
29–31 May 2009	57%	24%
15–17 May 2009	58%	24%
1–3 May 2009	64%	19%
17–19 Apr 2009	67%	19%
3–5 Apr 2009	67%	18%
20–22 Mar 2009	65%	20%
7–9 Mar 2009	61%	21%
20–22 Feb 2009	64%	20%
6–8 Feb 2009	62%	20%
16–18 Jan 2009	60%	22%
5–7 Dec 2008	66%	19%
21–23 Nov 2008	63%	21%
7–9 Nov 2008	62%	22%
24–26 Oct 2008	59%	25%
10–12 Oct 2008	54%	26%
19–21 Sep 2008	54%	24%
	Rudd	Nelson Brendan Nelson Dr Brendan John Nelson is a former Australian politician and former federal Opposition leader. He served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives from the 1996 federal election until 19 October 2009 as the Liberal member for Bradfield, a northern Sydney seat...
5–7 Sep 2008	62%	16%
22–24 Aug 2008	65%	14%
8–10 Aug 2008	68%	12%
25–27 Jul 2008	66%	14%
11–13 Jul 2008	65%	14%
27–29 Jun 2008	64%	15%
13–15 Jun 2008	68%	13%
30 May – 1 Jun 2008	66%	17%
16–18 May 2008	70%	12%
2–4 May 2008	72%	9%
18–20 Apr 2008	71%	10%
4–6 Apr 2008	73%	9%
14–16 Mar 2008	70%	10%
29 Feb – 2 Mar 2008	73%	7%
15–17 Feb 2008	70%	9%
18–20 Jan 2008	68%	11%
30 Nov – 2 Dec 2007	61%	14%
	Rudd	Howard John Howard John Winston Howard AC, SSI, was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He was the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies....
20–22 Nov 2007	47%	44%
Polling conducted by Newspoll Newspoll Newspoll Market Research is an Australian company providing opinion polling and other market research services. Its chief executive is Martin O'Shannessy.Newspoll's surveys of voter opinion are published in The Australian....  and published in The Australian The Australian The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964. The editor in chief is Chris Mitchell, the editor is Clive Mathieson and the 'editor-at-large' is Paul Kelly.... . ^Remainder were "uncommitted".

Satisfaction^

	Gillard		Abbott
Date	Satisfied	Dissatisfied	Satisfied	Dissatisfied
44%	42%	13–15 Aug 2010	38%	46%
43%	41%	30 Jul – 1 Aug 2010	40%	46%
41%	40%	16–18 Jul 2010	29%	51%
N/A (new)	42%	Rudd		Abbott
36%	38%	28–30 May 2010	54%	49%
39%	42%	30 Apr – 2 May 2010	50%	43%
50%	46%	26–28 Mar 2010	39%	43%
48%	47%	26–28 Feb 2010	40%	38%
50%	44%	29–31 Jan 2010	38%	39%
52%	40%	4–6 Dec 2009	32%	N/A (new)
	Rudd		Turnbull
56%	36%	13–15 Nov 2009	34%	50%
59%	32%	16–18 Oct 2009	28%	54%
67%	33%	Polling conducted by Newspoll Newspoll Newspoll Market Research is an Australian company providing opinion polling and other market research services. Its chief executive is Martin O'Shannessy.Newspoll's surveys of voter opinion are published in The Australian....  and published in The Australian The Australian The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964. The editor in chief is Chris Mitchell, the editor is Clive Mathieson and the 'editor-at-large' is Paul Kelly.... . ^Remainder were "uncommitted".

Roy Morgan

The Roy Morgan poll consists of two different sampling. There is a face to face interview and a phone interview to sample voting intention, which is conducted via random telephone number selection in city and country areas nationwide.

House of Representatives - Face to Face Interview

	Political parties					Two-party-preferred
	ALP	Lib	Nat	Grn	Oth	ALP	Lib/Nat
7–8 Aug 2010	43%	33.5%	3.5%	15.5%	2%	57.5%	42.5%
31 July – 1 Aug 2010	44%	39%	2%	10%	4%	53%	47%
24–25 July 2010	43.5%	35%	2%	11.5%	6.5%	55.5%	44.5%
17–18 July 2010	44.5%	35%	4.5%	10.5%	4%	56%	44%
Polling conducted by Roy Morgan.

See also

• Australian federal election, 2010
• Australian federal election, 2007