Mounting dislike of Peter Dutton has sent the coalition's primary vote plunging to its lowest level in a leading poll as the election looms large. YouGov data via AAP.
00:00The latest YouGov poll shows the Labour Party with a 53.5% lead over the coalition.
00:07That would be Labour's biggest election victory since 1946.
00:11And for the Liberal Party, the coalition's primary vote is now at 31%.
00:17That would be the lowest poll that had in any election since the party was founded in 1944.
00:23Our poll shows that this has been driven very largely by dissatisfaction with Peter Dutton.
00:30Who's been rejected by a very large part of the electorate.
00:33And that has seen his personal standing at a record low of minus 18.
00:40Whilst he trails Anthony Albanese's preferred Prime Minister by 15 points.
00:4650 to 35 in all parts of the country.
00:50Including rural, regional, outer and inner city.
00:54Men and women in every state.
00:57And this is a catastrophic poll for the opposition.
01:02Just a week out from polling day.
01:04And what this shows us has been the coalition only six weeks ago were within striking distance of government.
01:13And this has been the most dramatic turnaround in any poll for the coalition since John Hewson's defeat in 1993 when he led for the polls by a huge margin right up until the end.
