A majority of voters believe the independent MPs in parliament should back a no-confidence motion in Julia Gillard’s government to being on an early election.
A Galaxy poll for the Herald Sun shows that just three in 10 voters would tick the Labor box at the next federal election, which is worse than when the party was split in the 1950s when the DLP was formed.
The poll shows that Labor’s primary vote has fallen from 38 per cent at the August 2010 election to 30 per cent.
The support for the coalition under Tony Abbott continues to rise, going from 43.6 per cent at the last election to 49 per cent – and up two points from February.
After preferences, the poll of 1019 voters – taken over the weekend and before Ms Gillard persuaded Speaker Peter Slipper to resign his position and banished Labor MP Craig Thomson to the cross benches – gave the coalition an election-winning lead of 56 per cent to 44 per cent.
The election is due in 18 months. However, the Galaxy poll found 52 per cent of voters believe the independent MPs should vote with the coalition in a no-confidence motion against the government, to force an early election.
Crucially, one in five Labor voters support this position and 38 per cent of voters are opposed to an early election brought on by independents who have pledged to support Labor.
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