Tony Abbott would lose federal election if held today, new poll says

27 February, 2013
 

New poll shows reverse in polling trend

A new Soapy Poll released today shows 100 per cent of voters would not vote for a Tony Abbott lead LNP if the election was held today.

The Soapy Poll, conducted yesterday on behalf of Rachel’s Soapbox, showed startling results that have been named the ‘funeral notice’ of the LNP according to unnamed sources from within the Party ranks. 

The extreme unpopularity of the Leader of the Opposition, dubbed Negative Tony, is a wakeup call for the LNP say some anonymous insiders. As one pollster commented, "It has gotten to the point where I have to mute him from the news when he comes on. He has nothing positive to say, and he is doing nothing to build up his credibility with forward thinking Australian women."

"As far as I can see, Tony Abbot just continues to damage the Liberal Party brand, and his relentless negativity, as well as his poor communications towards the current Prime Minister, are just cementing my vote for Labor," one anonymous voter said. 

Recent polls have shown that Malcolm Turnbull is a more popular choice for opposition leader, and according to the unnamed sources Turnbull has the numbers needed to topple the unpopular Abbott. 

The Soapy Poll clearly shows that the LNP would have a better chance of winning at the September election if Turnbull was in charge. 

This poll result is backed up by a recent QandA program, whereby the audience expressed a view to see Malcolm Turnbull in the top job under any party. In recent correspondence from the author to the Federal Member for Wentworth in regard to the question of LNP leadership, Mr Turnbull replied "Thank you", clearly indicating that he was not putting the idea in cryogenic storage.

According to the poll, 100 per cent of responders think Julia Gillard is doing a good job as the Prime Minister, despite ongoing reports from main stream media that everyone thinks she is the worst Prime Minister ever. 

This is the view espoused especially by veteran political journalist Michelle Grattan. And far right wing columnist and antagonist Andrew Bolt, and ostracised shock jock Alan Jones. And News Limited. And Sky News; who all go on and on and on about the leadership speculation despite actual news taking place all around them.

However, speculation as to the LNP leadership has been growing within the media ranks since the release of this most recent poll, where 100 per cent of respondents agreed the ALP policies were better than the LNPs, which they occasionally heard about on ABC News and more often from independent online media outlets.

Of the one person polled by Soapy, 100 per cent said they believed Australia would be worse off under an Abbott lead opposition. 

Following the release of the poll, Rachel’s Soapbox asked Mr Abbott if he was concerned about his tenure as Leader of the Liberal Party at today’s presser, but he said he was not taking questions from the media. 

Written in sarcasm font for Rachel's Soapbox on behalf of unbalanced media reporting and question-shy opposition leaders. The views expressed in this article don't necessarily represent the views of the author. Much.