Labor is clinging to a narrow lead in marginal seats Frankston and Mordialloc

Labor is clinging to a narrow lead over the Liberals in two marginal state seats in Melbourne’s critical sandbelt, a new Herald Sun/YouGov poll shows, as the parties prepare for a fiery final fortnight of campaigning.

Labor is clinging to a narrow lead over the Liberals in two marginal state seats in Melbourne’s critical sandbelt as the parties prepare for a fiery final fortnight of campaigning.

A Herald Sun / YouGov Galaxy poll of more than 500 voters in Mordialloc and Frankston shows law and order is a major concern. Only 28 per cent of those polled said the government was doing enough to tackle crime.

The poll, conducted at the weekend, shows both major parties have primary votes in the low 40s in both electorates.

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Labor leads the Liberal Party in Frankston 51-49 after preferences and is ahead in Mordialloc 52-48, putting the Andrews Government on track to retain its majority.

Although the Greens, tracking at 6 and 7 per cent in those seats, are delivering Labor the two-party preferred lead, about one in 10 voters say they will back another party.

The results can be revealed by the Herald Sun amid another political storm enveloping a Greens political candidate.

Footscray Greens candidate Angus McAlpine — known as rapper FatGut in the group Broken Aesthetiks — is under pressure to withdraw over his lyrics which reference date rape, domestic violence and drug dealing.

A Greens candidate for Northern Metropolitan Region resigned after social media posts were unearthed in which she boasted about shoplifting.

Early voting for the election began in Victoria yesterday — 11 days before the statewide polling day.

YouGov Galaxy managing director David Briggs said Labor was “standing firm in the must-win marginal seats” putting it in a good position to retain its majority.

“There is still time for the Liberals to turn this small deficit around especially if they focus on issues of concern to the community,” he said.

Opposition Leader Matthew Guy (left) arrives at the Remembrance Day service at the Shrine of Remembrance on Sunday. Picture: AAP/James Ross

Premier Daniel Andrews arrives at Monash Children's Hospital with wife Catherine Andrews. Picture: AAP/Daniel Pockett

Frankston, Carrum and Mordialloc are three seats along Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne’s southeast that are in play at this election and will heavily influence the result.

Parties have been campaigning hard in those areas.

Big promises include Labor’s pledge for a $562 million Frankston Hospital upgrade, the Liberals’ promise to spend $225 million on extending the Frankston metropolitan train line to Baxter, and both parties backing a $375 million Mordialloc freeway to bypass congested suburbs.

Yesterday, Premier Daniel Andrews was campaigning in Melbourne’s southeast, pledging to spend $62 million on children’s emergency departments at five major hospitals — including Frankston — if re-elected.

Opposition Leader Matthew Guy was in the area spruiking the Coalition's pledge to build a new power station in Victoria and tackle the cost of living if elected.

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