Ah another dimwitted article by Shanahan:
"Only [Howard, Abbott and Rudd] as opposition leaders have been behind on the question of who would be the better prime minister and won the next election."
In Newspoll history they're the only Opposition Leaders who have won at all!
"Only [Howard, Abbott and Rudd] as opposition leaders have been behind on the question of who would be the better prime minister and won the next election."
In Newspoll history they're the only Opposition Leaders who have won at all!
It's of course true Albanese is further behind on Better PM than any LOTO who has won. It's also true that there is a pandemic at the moment and that it seems to have done something weird to the historic relationship b/w polled leader scores and voting intention.
A little cautionary tale from state Newspolls about better leader scores:
April 99 Kennett 58 Bracks 21
May-June 99 Kennett 56 Bracks 20
Jul-Aug 99 Kennett 55 Bracks 23
Sep 99 Kennett 51 Bracks 35
18 Sep 99 Kennett loses.
April 99 Kennett 58 Bracks 21
May-June 99 Kennett 56 Bracks 20
Jul-Aug 99 Kennett 55 Bracks 23
Sep 99 Kennett 51 Bracks 35
18 Sep 99 Kennett loses.
All the state LOs who trailed massively on Better Premier but won did so when relatively new. But Rob Borbidge as an established LO trailed Wayne Goss as badly as 68-14 during the term that ended in Goss "winning" by one seat that he then couldn't keep.
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