Generally Labor looks to hold a lead in the most recent results shared by Newspoll and Roy Morgan, it's a lead they have held since the Liberals lost the edge in polling figures in November of 2020.

However, Liberal die-hards see those numbers as loose estimates and know the figures on election day are what actually matters.

Roy Morgan on April 3 had Labor up 57 to the coalition's 43 per cent preference, while Newspoll on April 9 paints a closer picture of a Labor lead 53 to 47 per cent.

The polls only show the results of the people willing to divulge their preference ahead of election day, while there are many who choose to stay silent and will let their choice be known with the flick of a pen.

Those two polls mentioned only had 1367 and 1506 respondents respectively to gauge the perceptions of a country with 26 million people.

The figures can be wildly deceiving.

I would never draw parallels to Australian politics and the surprise rise of celebrity-come-president Donald Trump in the 2016 US election, but most with modest skepticism could look at that result and recognise the vocal support for the Labor party this time around could simply be overshadowing a resolved base of Liberal voters.

Current PM Scott Morrison has drawn the ire of many Aussies for his government's handling of disasters like the Black Summer bushfires, the COVID-19 pandemic and again in the recent bouts of flooding in Queensland and northern NSW.

His disapproval rating has climbed over 50 per cent in recent weeks, but again the polls may not be a true reflection of the broad consensus.

After all, in the polls for preferred PM, Scott Morrison is almost level pegging with opposition leader Anthony Albanese with both party leaders hovering around 40 per cent approval.

And therein lies the rub, don't vote for Scott Morrison or Anthony Albanese, you're not voting for the prime minister, you're voting for the party that will govern our nation for a number of years to come.

Don't make it a popularity contest between two individuals, look at the policies and make a decision based on how you want the country to be run when you go to vote on May 21.