Roy Morgan Findings

Morgan Poll Update

Female support rises strongly for the Government after Howard Sattler interview with Prime Minister

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Last weekend’s Morgan Poll shows support for the L-NP at 53.5%, down 2.5% in a week (since June 7-10, 2013) cf. ALP 46.5% (up 2.5%) on a two-party preferred basis according to the multi-mode weekly  Morgan Poll.
The L-NP primary vote is 44.5% (down 1.5%) still well ahead of the ALP 33% (up 2%). Among the minor parties Greens support is 9% (down 0.5%) and support for Independents/ Others is 13.5% (unchanged) including the Palmer United Party (3%) and Katter’s Australian Party (1%).
If a Federal Election were held today the L-NP would win the election easily according to today’s multi-mode weekly Morgan Poll on Federal voting intention, June 14-16, 2013 with an Australia-wide cross-section of 3,323 Australian electors aged 18+.

Roy Morgan’s Australian Inflation Expectations Index rebounds to 5.2%

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The Roy Morgan Inflation Expectations Index for May has rebounded to 5.2% (up 0.3% in a month) over the next two years after the Reserve Bank decided to cut Australian interest rates to a record low 2.75% (down 0.25%) in the first week of May.
Analysis by State shows the rise in inflation expectations has been driven by rises in four Australian States – including Australia’s three largest: New South Wales (5.2%, up 0.4%); Victoria (5.5%, up 0.4%), Queensland (5.2%, up 0.2%) and South Australia (4.9%, up 0.2%). In contrast, inflation expectations have fallen in two States – Western Australia (4.6%, down 0.1%) and Tasmania (4.1%, down 1.5%) – now with the lowest inflation expectations in Australia.
Analysing by Federal voting intention shows ALP supporters (4.7%) and L-NP supporters (4.8%) have very similar inflation expectations, far higher than Greens supporters (4.2%), although all are well below supporters of Other parties (6.0%) – clearly the highest.

Lock up your vuvuzelas: World Cup fever starting to simmer

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With the Socceroos’ FIFA World Cup qualification prospects looking assured after their thrashing of Jordan last week, and with their match against Iraq tomorrow night, we couldn’t help wondering — in this AFL and NRL-besotted nation, who tunes in to watch FIFA World Cup soccer?
According to the latest sports data from Roy Morgan Research, 17% of Aussies aged 14+ occasionally or almost always watch the FIFA World Cup. Compared with the 36% who watch the AFL Grand Final or the 30% who watch the NRL State of Origin, this is a relatively modest figure.

But although World Cup Soccer attracts a smaller TV audience than the other football codes, those who do watch it tend to be an upwardly mobile bunch – being 75% more likely than the average Australian to earn $130k per year, and 40% more likely to have a professional/managerial job. Almost 70% of them are men.

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