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Next Federal Election
Q. The next Federal election can be held any time up to April next year. When do you think the next Federal election should be held?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
| In the next 2 or 3 months | 28% | 18% | 43% | 16% |
| Towards the end of the year | 41% | 45% | 41% | 42% |
| Early next year | 21% | 26% | 13% | 39% |
| Don’t know | 11% | 11% | 3% | 3% |
41% said their preferred timing for the next election was towards the end of the year and 28% preferred the election to be held in the next 2 or 3 months. Labor voters were more likely to prefer an election towards the end of the year (45%) but 43% of Liberal/National voters wanted it in the next 2 or 3 months.
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Two Party Preferred: 30 Jan 2012
Labor
46+/- 0
Coalition
54+/- 0
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