Support For Pauline Hanson's One Nation Has Spiked Since the Election

The latest Newspoll results reveal that One Nation's poll numbers have jumped since the election, both in the party's Queensland heartland and around Australia. Although we're still not talking huge number growth, the controversial party is closing the gap with the Greens, which has long been safe in its position as Australia's third party.

Since the election, support for the Greens nationally has slipped slightly to 10 percent in the House of Representatives. The Liberal Party and other independents have also seen falling poll numbers. However, One Nation's support in the lower house has more than quadrupled—from 1.3 percent on election day to six percent now.

That poll bump is far higher than the other big story of the 2016 election, the Nick Xenophon Team (NXT). On election day, NXT was polling higher than One Nation with 1.8 percent of the national vote. Since then, the party has only gained 0.2 percent.

However, NXT's support in its home state of South Australia remains huge, at 21 percent. One Nation's primary vote in SA is only around four percent, and although its support has almost doubled in Queensland, it's still only clocking in at 10 percent.

Pauline Hanson and her three fellow One Nation Senators currently hold the balance of power in the Senate—rendering the Turnbull Government unable to pass legislation that's blocked by Labor and the Greens without their support. This will be the case for at least three years until Malcolm Roberts, Rodney Cullen, and Brian Burston will have to face the polls again. Hanson will sit for a full six-year term.

Labor also saw a boost in this latest Newspoll, with support up from 34.7 percent to 36 percent. If an election were held today, The Australian speculates that Labor would win with 78 seats to the Coalition's 67.