Newspoll Market Research is an Australian company providing opinion polling and other market research services. Its chief executive is Martin O'Shannessy.

Newspoll's surveys of voter opinion are published in The Australian.

Newspoll was established in 1985 as a joint venture between News Limited and Yann Campbell Hoare Wheeler.

Two party preferred polling between the 2004 election and 2007 election by Newspoll 1993-2007 (as published in The Australian newspaper), ACNielsen 1996-2007 (as published in Fairfax newspapers), Roy Morgan 1996-2007 and Galaxy 2004-2007.

Preferred Prime Minister polling between the 2004 election and 2007 election by Newspoll 1987-2007 (as published in The Australian newspaper) and ACNielsen 1996-2007 (as published in Fairfax newspapers).

Kevin Rudd holds the record with 73% (29 February-2 March 2008 & 4-6 April 2008).
John Howard is second highest, with 67% (20-22 June 2003).
Bob Hawke is third highest, with 62% (5-7 June 1987 & 19-21 June 1987).

Paul Keating holds the record with 27% (20-22 August 1993).
John Howard is second lowest, with 32% (26-28 June 1998).
Bob Hawke is tied second lowest, with 32% (22-24 November 1991 & 29 November-1 December 1991 & 6-8 December 1991).
Julia Gillard is third lowest, with 34% (2-4 September 2011).

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A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Paul is a graduate of Gettysburg College and Duke University School of Medicine, where he earned his medical degree. He served as a medical officer in the United States Air Force from 1963 until 1968. He worked as an obstetrician-gynecologist from the 1960s to the 1980s, delivering more than 4,000 babies. He became the first Representative in history to serve concurrently with a child in the Senate when his son Rand Paul was elected to the United States Senate for Kentucky in 2010.