Labor well ahead of Dominic Perrottet’s Coalition in latest NSW election poll

YouGov poll shows opposition would easily win a majority, with strong backing from young voters

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A new poll shows Labor would comfortably defeat the Coalition at the New South Wales state election if the vote was held today.

The YouGov poll, published in the Sunday Telegraph, shows the Coalition well behind in both first preference and two-party preferred standings.

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