Bill Shorten's Labor opposition may be in front on nationwide polling but is falling short of the support it needs in key marginal seats to secure a parliamentary majority in its own right, according to an exclusive survey of seven crucial electorates across the nation.
Of the seven Coalition-held seats polled, two are in NSW (Dobell and Lindsay), two are in Victoria (Corangamite and Deakin), and one each in South Australia (Mayo), Western Australia (Cowan), and Queensland (Bonner).
Only one looks like falling to Labor while another is on a knife-edge.
The findings lend further weight to the theory that the 2016 election has developed two distinct tracks and while Labor has done well with its national campaign, it is being outgunned in many of the pivotal local races that will determine the make up of the House of Representatives.
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