Single Trump post could swing ‘distrust election’: Roy Morgan

Hal Crawford

April 29, 2025 4:28

A single tweet from US President Donald Trump could change the course of this weekend’s federal election, according to grim voter sentiment analysis from pollsters Roy Morgan.

Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine made the warning about the Trump wildcard lobbing in the final week of the election campaign in a webinar presentation on Tuesday afternoon.

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The warning came just before news Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney secured victory in his nation’s federal election, a result commentators attributed at least in part to Trump’s interventions.

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Hal Crawford

Crawford has worked across news media over a 30-year career, including running Ninemsn editorial in Sydney (editor-in-chief and publisher) and the TV3 newsroom in Auckland (chief news officer).

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Althony Albanese David Pocock Donald Trump federal election Jacquie Lambie Michele Levine Peter Dutton Roy Morgan

1 COMMENTS

Anonymous 30 Apr 25

Michele, I take your point, but I am not so sure that there will be a big enough swing in the remaining time. With 18.098m registered, and 4.03m have already voted (22%) with three days remaining I doubt that Trump’s trumpeting will have any significant impact.

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