Pauline Hanson’s One Nation is reaping the rewards of the Liberal Party’s new pro-immigration policy shift, showing a record-high level of support in a new poll.
According to the Resolve Political Monitor, One Nation is now on 12% of the primary vote, ahead of the Greens and the first time the party has hit double figures.
The Labor Party is on 37%, followed by the Coalition on 27% – its worst primary result since the poll began in April 2021, while the far-left Grees are on 11%, The Age reported.
Support for both the major parties fell in September, with One Nation adding 3% to its primary vote as a result, and Resolve pollster Jim Reed cited immigration as a major factor.
“The immigration debate is undoubtedly responsible for boosting One Nation’s vote,” he said.
“If you’re unhappy with the major parties on the environment you go to the Greens, and if you’re unhappy about immigration you go to Pauline.
“We don’t know yet if this is a short-term blip by way of a protest, or a long-term trend. The rise of the Greens has taken Labor’s primary vote, but gives back on preferences. We might be seeing the same thing starting to happen on the Coalition’s right flank.”
The poll was conducted between September 9 and 13, and came after more than 100,000 Australians protested in dozens of cities across the country calling for an end to mass immigration in March for Australia rallies.
Opposition leader Sussan Ley, who earlier abandoned her predecessor’s promises to cut immigration and decided to try to appeal to immigrant voters instead, condemned the marches – earning her praise from the Indian government.
She then spent the next two weeks pandering to Indian voters after Jacinta Nampijinpa Price said Labor was importing Indian immigrants because they tend to vote for it, and sacked the aboriginal Liberal senator from her shadow ministry.
Header image: Left, Sussan Ley pandering to Indian voters. Right, Pauline Hanson at the March for Australia rally in Canberra (Facebook).
