Performance Rating Of PM Morrison Slips Despite Uptick In Support For Coalition

The Resolve Political Monitor, conducted for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, showed that the net performance rating of Prime Minister Morrison fell 4pp to -9%, amid a deterioration in his key personal measures, despite a small uptick in the primary vote for the Coalition.

• Morrison's lead as the preferred Prime Minister over his chief rival and Labour leader Anthony Albanese narrowed to 11pp from 18pp in the previous survey. The gap between Prime Minister Morrison and Mr Albanese has halved since the launch of the Resolve Political Monitor in April, while Morrison's net performance rating sits at its lowest point since the survey began.
• The Coalition saw a marginal 1pp uptick in its primary vote to 39%, which coincided with a fall in Labour's primary vote to 32% from 34%. The change in support for the Coalition was a function of a recovery in the Nationals' support coupled with a slight decline in the Liberals' primary vote.
• According to Resolve director Jim Reed, "the Nationals lost some support in October around the time they were prevaricating about net zero, but that's bounced back to them very quickly as soon as they got their house in order."