▁Rud d ▁increased ▁his ▁rating ▁up ▁one ▁per ▁cent ▁to ▁ 4 8 ▁per ▁cent . ▁On ▁the ▁day ▁after ▁the ▁election ▁was ▁called , ▁Centre bet ▁had ▁odd s ▁of ▁ 1 . 4 7 ▁on ▁Labor , ▁with ▁ 2 . 7 0 ▁on ▁the ▁Co al ition . ▁Half way ▁through ▁the ▁campaign , ▁with ▁no ▁overall ▁change ▁in ▁the ▁pol ls , ▁saw ▁Centre bet ▁odd s ▁for ▁Labor ▁short en ▁to ▁ 1 . 2 9 , ▁with ▁the ▁Liber als ▁on ▁ 3 . 6 0 . ▁Centre bet ▁odd s ▁two ▁days ▁out ▁from ▁the ▁election ▁were ▁at ▁ 1 . 2 2 ▁for ▁Labor , ▁with ▁ 4 . 3 5 ▁for ▁the ▁Co al ition . ▁ ▁New sp oll ▁a ▁week ▁out ▁from ▁the ▁election ▁of ▁ 3 , 6 0 0 ▁vot ers ▁in ▁ 1 8 ▁of ▁the ▁Co al ition ' s ▁most ▁marg inal ▁seats ▁revealed ▁an ▁A LP ▁ 5 4 – 4 6 ▁Co al ition ▁ 2 PP , ▁a ▁swing ▁to ▁Labor ▁of ▁ 6 – 9 ▁per ▁cent . ▁A ▁uniform ▁swing ▁would ▁see ▁ 1 8 – 2 5 ▁seats ▁fall ▁to ▁Labor , ▁The ▁Australian ▁said . ▁ ▁Form er ▁Labor ▁number - cr unch er ▁Graham ▁Richard son , ▁who ▁news . com . au ▁( News ▁Limited ) ▁claims ▁to ▁have ▁correctly ▁picked ▁the ▁winner ▁of ▁every ▁election ▁for ▁the ▁past ▁three ▁dec ades , ▁t ipped ▁Kevin ▁Rud d