Govt, Labor still neck-and-neck: poll

Neither political party has managed to tip the voter scale in its favour two weeks into an election campaign, with a new poll placing them 50-50.

A new poll shows the coalition and Labor remain neck-and-neck in the race to form a government. (AAP)

The coalition and Labor remain neck-and-neck in the race to form a government two weeks into the federal election campaign, a new poll shows.

But Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's popularity continues to slide, with a Seven News-ReachTEL poll showing 55.6 per cent of voters confident he'll be better in the nation's top job.

That's down from 57.7 per cent two weeks ago and 74.9 per cent in early February.

His Labor counterpart Bill Shorten is now favoured as prime minister by 44.4 per cent of voters, up from 25.1 per cent in February.

The coalition and Labor remained 50-50 on two party preferred, unchanged from the past two polls in the ReachTEL series.

The poll, which surveyed 2407 voters on May 19, also showed voters were most concerned about economic management in the upcoming election, with 29.3 per cent ticking the issue as the one most likely to influence their vote.

Jobs (16.3 per cent) and health services (16.3 per cent) were nominated by voters as the next most important issues while roads and infrastructure (5.4 per cent) lagged last.