Polls · Next federal election
Essential Research, 28 October 2026
Essential Research has Labor and One Nation level on 28%. Since its previous poll (26 October 2026) no party has moved by a point or more.
| Fieldwork | – |
|---|---|
| Published | 28 October 2026 |
| Sample | – |
| Method | Online |
| Release | release |
| In our average | Yes: it is this pollster's latest |
Read from Essential Report's Primary+/2PP+ charts (Flourish data) by the site's poll check; undecided counted in OTH on the primary vote; fieldwork dates not yet in the disclosure statement (dated by the report)
Primary votes as published. For our average we fold independents and minor parties into others, leave out any undecided and rescale to 100; on 2025 preference flows these primaries give Labor 50.7% of the two-party-preferred.
Primary vote
| % | |
|---|---|
 Labor |
28 |
 One Nation |
28 |
 Coalition |
23 |
 Greens |
12 |
| Others | 10 |
2PP: ALP v Coalition
| % | |
|---|---|
| Coalition |
52 |
| Labor |
44 |
Against the other polls
Against the median of the 2 other polls with fieldwork ending within a week of it: One Nation 28% against 25.3%; Greens 12% against 14.3%.