Latest poll is bad news for Labor

The latest opinion poll has Labor in trouble at the election, with the coalition
getting an early swing.
A Galaxy poll conducted for the Nine Network in the 24 hours after Prime Minister
Julia Gillard called the election showed Labor's primary vote had dropped to 38 per
cent.
The coalition's vote was up to 44 per cent, putting both parties at 50 per cent, a
2.7 per cent swing to the coalition.
A Galaxy poll conducted for News Ltd newspapers ahead of the election call had Labor
leading with 52 per cent to the coalition's 48 per cent on a two-party preferred
basis, aided by preferences from the Greens.
Labor's primary vote had slipped since Ms Gillard became prime minister on June 24
in the News Ltd poll, with the decline put down to the government's handling of the
asylum seeker policy.
But Ms Gillard maintained a strong lead as the more trusted leader, with 46 per cent
of those surveyed in the Nine Network poll believing she was more trustworthy ahead
of Mr Abbott on 35 per cent.
Ms Gillard was still streets ahead as the preferred prime minister for 44 per cent
of those surveyed compared to Mr Abbott at 35 per cent.