Pauline Hanson’s One Nation primary vote dips to 24 per cent, new Newspoll survey finds

One Nation’s primary vote has dropped slightly for the second time in two months, a new poll has found.

Liam Beatty
NewsWire
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Support for Pauline Hanson’s political movement may have peaked in the first few months of the year, as new polling points to a drop in her party’s primary vote.

In a poll of 1235 voters conducted over four days last week, the latest Newspoll captured a two-point drop for One Nation.

The polling, conducted for The Australian, found the party’s primary vote dipped to 24 per cent, while both Labor and the Coalition held steady at 31 per cent and 21 per cent respectively.

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The Greens and “others” as primary vote options each saw a one-point uptick to 13 and 11.

Senator Pauline Hanson’s One Nation has recorded its second poll drop in two months. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman.
Senator Pauline Hanson’s One Nation has recorded its second poll drop in two months. NewsWire / Martin Ollman. Credit: News Corp Australia

The slight fall for One Nation is still miles ahead of the party’s 6.4 per cent showing at the May 2025 election, but continues a downward trend from a high-watermark of 27 per cent — recorded twice in early and late February — before a one point dip in March.

The change was echoed in a Resolve Political Monitor Poll, conducted for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, of 1807 people this month, which captured a two-point fall in One Nation’s support from 24 to 22 per cent.

According to the Newspoll results, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese lead over the Opposition’s Angus Taylor rose slightly, with 46 per cent of people saying they believed he would be a better prime minister to Taylor’s 37.

Ahead of the May budget, the poll asked respondents whether they endorsed 10 options to raise tax revenue.

None of the choices attracted majority support across the electorate, however only 18 per cent of voters rejected them all outright.

Among those that were seen most favourably were an increase to the petroleum resource rent tax at 42 per cent support, reductions to tax concessions for property investors at 35 per cent and reduced tax concessions for family trusts at 29 per cent.

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