The seat of Namadgi is on a knife-edge, according to the latest Canberra Time-Datacol poll, with the Liberals’ Brendan Smyth just ahead.
The poll shows the undecided vote has swung 70-30 in favour of Labor’s Annette Ellis since the previous poll two weeks before and that the Mr Smyth has had his by-election whittled away to less than 1 per cent on a two-party-preferred basis. His lead on first preferences is now at 2 per cent.
The poll returned to the same respondents who were polled two weeks previously, rather than take a new sample. This heightens the accuracy of the poll and gives a more accurate feel for changing opinion.
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