Who won the Channel 7 leaders’ debate between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese

Voters have overwhelmingly backed one candidate after their final public discussion before Australia heads to the polls.

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has won the third debate in Sydney, edging ahead of Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the leaders’ final public showdown before Australia heads to the polls.

In a poll of more than 1100 undecided voters assembled by Channel 7 in pubs around Australia, Mr Albanese raked in 50 per cent of the overall vote, with Mr Morrison taking just 34 per cent while the remaining 16 per cent were left undecided.

The pair went at it again just three days after their second public debate, this time to an empty studio at Seven’s Sydney offices in Martin Place. While there was no studio audience, crowds of undecided voters gathered in pubs in marginal seats where they watched the debate and decided the winner.

One voter said he sided with Mr Morrison, citing the unknown costs of some of Labor’s policies.

“It‘s probably more that the Labor Party policies around things are all uncosted and so I guess we know what Morrison has done and maybe not done,” he said. “And so at the moment he’s got his nose in front.”

One young woman in Chisholm, Victoria said even though she thought the pair contradicted themselves on a lot of issues, she eventually went with Albanese for his policy benefiting the working class.

“I believe he is more focused on the working class and ensuring no-one gets left behind rather than consistently belittling people, which I think Scott Morrison has done both tonight and throughout his term as Prime Minister,” she said, before endorsing the Greens for their increased focus on climate change.

The pub in Hasluck, Western Australia couldn’t split the two, with both candidates scoring 44 per cent of votes with the remaining 12 per cent still undecided.

Macquarie in NSW voted in favour of Mr Albanese with exactly half swinging towards Labor. Mr Morrison won over just 25 per cent of the crowd, with the remaining quarter remaining undecided.

The Queensland seat of Lilley favoured Mr Albanese by 54 per cent to 41 per cent, while the remainder were still undecided.

In Boothby, in South Australia, Mr Albanese won 52 per cent to 32 per cent.

In the Northern Territory, voters in the seat of Solomon had Morrison the winner 50 per cent to 25 per cent.

The pub in Bass in Tasmania voted Morrison the winner 52 per cent to 32 per cent.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition leader Anthony Albanese go head to head Sydney.

The second debate held last Sunday was clouded by controversy as viewers accused both leaders of disrespecting 60 Minutes reporter and host Sarah Abo.

As well as losing control of the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader towards the end of the debate, Abo was charged with communicating the shambolic results of Nine’s online poll to frustrated viewers.

Citing a poll of 19,000 viewers conducted over Nine’s website, Abo initially declared Mr Morrison the winner of the second debate, scoring 52 per cent of the vote, with 48 per cent backing Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese’s performance.

The panel discussed the results, which they described as “not surprising” while referring to Mr Morrison’s “superiority” as a debater, before minutes later the results shifted.

With 30,000 votes counted Mr Albanese was granted a short-lived victory in the debate, before it was declared a tie before the broadcast was brought to an abrupt end.