Roy Morgan surveys reveal voters distrust all three major parties

Only one of four political parties vying for office on October 26 are trusted more than they are distrusted, Roy Morgan polling shows. The most trusted party might surprise you.

Roy Morgan longterm trust polling has revealed Premier Steven Miles’ Labor and Opposition Leader David Crisafulli’s LNP, along with the Greens, have major trust issues with voters. Picture: NewsWire / John Gass

All three of the bigger parties are distrusted by voters much more than they are trusted, with only One Nation scoring a net positive result according to new Roy Morgan polling.

And both Premier Steven Miles and LNP Leader David Crisafulli are distrusted more than they are trusted, the pollster’s latest quarterly Risk Monitor report has revealed.

Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine said they had been analysing trust since 2018 as it was a strong indicator of voting intentions.

Their latest research revealed the most common reason people intended to vote Labor was because they distrusted the LNP more, not because they had a positive view of Labor.

Voters who were intending to vote LNP said the main reason for that was because they distrusted Labor more.

Queensland Labor’s distrust levels dropped after the Albanese federal government’s election but in recent months they have begun to worsen again.

Almost 19 per cent of people surveyed said they trusted Labor, with the most common reason being that they were “better than the Opposition’’.

But a whopping 35.5 per cent of the 1800 people surveyed distrusted Labor, giving it a negative 16.5 per cent net rating.

The LNP was slightly more trusted, at 20 per cent.

But its distrust levels were a huge 32 per cent per cent, giving it a negative 12 per cent net rating.

The Greens were trusted by a very small portion of people surveyed, just five per cent.

One Nation was just ahead on 6.1 per cent.

About 18 per cent of people distrusted the Greens, much more than for One Nation, giving the Greens a net trust rating of negative 13 per cent.

Originally published as Roy Morgan surveys reveal voters distrust all three major parties