The Coalition has taken a battering in the polls since ousting Malcolm Turnbull as prime minister, and it's not just their popularity that's suffered.
When asked by Essential to say which common statements fit the two major parties, the Liberals outranked Labor on almost every negative statement and were behind Labor on every positive statement.
Labor edged them out on 'Will promise to do anything to win votes', but only just, and neither side can take much solace from the fact that more than two thirds of voters think both parties will say anything to get elected.
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