Winter surprise in latest poll as major parties drift

The major parties have drifted sideways in the latest opinion polling. Here’s the latest results.

Premier Jeremy Rockliff speaks to the media.

The major parties have drifted sideways in the latest opinion polling.

The latest EMRS state voting intentions survey released on Friday showed the Liberals down a point to 34 per cent and Labor down one to 30 per cent.

Both parties remain within a couple of percentage points of their results in the last three polls.

The Greens were down one point to 13 per cent, with independents and Lambie Network picking up support.

Labor leader Dean Winter suffered a drop in his backing as preferred Premier, from 37 per cent in the November poll to 34 per cent, wiping out some of the seven per cent bump he enjoyed in the last poll.

Labor leader Dean Winter.

Premier Jeremy Rockliff was up one point to 44 per cent.

The telephone poll of 1000 voters between February 11 and 18 for the second time asked respondents their sentiments towards the major party leaders and calculated their net favourability.

Mr Rockliff’s declined form 15 per cent to 10 per cent between November and February. Mr Winter’s was down from 14 per cent to six per cent.

Six per cent of respondents said they had never heard of Mr Rockliff, 27 per cent said they had never heard of Mr Winter.

Mr Winter’s recognition was least in the state’s north and northwest, where 38 per cent of respondents had not heard of him.

Originally published as Winter surprise in latest poll as major parties drift