YouGov poll reveals what Queenslanders really think about Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk

Exclusive YouGov polling results reveal Annastacia Palaszczuk’s biggest electoral strength in tatters in a major blow to Queensland’s Labor caucus.

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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s biggest electoral strength – her relatability – is in tatters, with new polling showing six in 10 Queenslanders now think she “enjoys the high life”, and just half saying she works hard.

That is a massive 10 percentage point spike since June in the number of Queenslanders who have noticed the Premier who first won their hearts for her everyday personality is now enjoying the trappings of office, almost eight years since she won power.

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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk pictured with her partner Dr Reza Adib at the Australian premiere of Elvis on the Gold Coast. A majority of Queenslanders believe the Premier “enjoys the high life” Picture: Chris Hyde/Getty Images

The Courier-Mail’s exclusive YouGov poll of 1000 voters also suggests the questions raised in the first half of the year about the Palaszczuk Government’s cosy relationship with Labor-aligned lobbyists has stuck, with 43 per cent of respondents statewide now thinking the Premier “is easily influenced”.

That is a lift of 8 percentage points since the question was last posed in June, in a poll that is recognised to have just a 3 per cent margin of error.

Ms Palaszczuk’s biggest issue appears to be in must-win regional Queensland, where just one in three respondents said “working hard” was an attribute that applied to the Premier of the state – and just 12 per cent said “enjoys the high life” was not a phrase that applied to Ms Palaszczuk.

While 60 per cent of Queenslanders are still confident the Premier “cares about Queensland” – outside of South East Queensland the result plummets to 50 per cent, with an alarming 36 per cent of respondents in the regions saying she does not care.

But there are concerns that even some Labor voters are starting to turn on the Premier.

While 75 per cent of them say she still works hard and 83 per cent think she cares about Queensland, 40 per cent say she enjoys the high life and 28 per cent think she is easily influenced – a 5 percentage point lift on that score since June.