Rudd revival stalls as he fails to boost votes for Labor in Queensland, poll reveals The Galaxy poll reveals the numbers don't add up for Kevin Rudd in Queensland. THE Ruddmentum has stalled in Queensland. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has failed to deliver his promised boost in votes for Labor in his home state after the first week of the election campaign. The first published poll of Queensland voters since the election was called reveals Labor's vote is stuck at the same level as 2010. In a blow to Labor's hopes of winning on the back of a Queensland-led recovery, The Courier-Mail/Galaxy poll suggests the Government will struggle to pick up any extra seats. Despite findings in the last Galaxy poll in February that Mr Rudd could boost Labor's support base to 47 per cent in Queensland if he returned to the leadership, the reality has been much less impressive. PARTY GAMES: Numbers don't stack up FEDERAL ELECTION: See the latest election headlines The new poll found the party's primary vote was 34 per cent - roughly in line with its result in the last election. This would see Labor's two- party preferred vote in Queensland stuck at 44 per cent, based on preference flows from the last election and would see it just hold its current eight seats in the state. Labor is hoping to pick up several marginal LNP-held seats in Queensland to offset likely losses in New South Wales and other states. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd continued his Election campaign in Melbourne on Friday, visiting Langwarrin Park Primary School at Langwarrin, Southeast Melbourne. Pic: Adam Head But the findings raise questions about Mr Rudd's supposed star power in his home state that was the party's only hope of winning the election. "If Queensland is going to be the best state for the ALP, then this is not a very good result," Galaxy chief David Briggs said. In a glimmer of hope for Labor, Mr Rudd is still seen as having a better understanding of Queensland than his opponent Tony Abbott. Just over 50 per cent of respondents said Mr Rudd had a good or very good understanding of issues that affect Queensland, compared with 36 per cent who said the same about Mr Abbott. A quarter of respondents said Mr Rudd had a poor or very poor understanding of the state, with 29 per cent saying the same about Mr Abbott. But only 10 per cent of those polled said they were more likely to vote for Mr Rudd because he was a Queenslander. The two leaders will go head to head in the first televised debate of the campaign tomorrow night. Mr Rudd has tried to appeal for sympathy, declaring: "We entered this race as the underdogs. We are still underdogs. Many people seem to agree with Mr Rudd's assessment. Only 35 per cent of those polled said they believed Labor would win but Mr Rudd has at least delivered some hope to Labor supporters, with 65 per cent of supporters saying he would form government. The poll of 800 Queensland voters was conducted on the evenings of August 7 and 8. It came after both leaders focused on the state, with Mr Rudd and his opponent Tony Abbott each making two visits to Brisbane. Internal Labor polling found the surprise entrance of former premier Peter Beattie into the race for the marginal LNP-held seat of Forde could give Labor a stronger chance of picking up the seat. The economy dominated the political debate over the past week after Labor was handed a boost from a historic interest rate cut just after the election campaign began. Mr Rudd launched a scare campaign on the cost of living, warning Mr Abbott would increase the GST and would not reveal his full budget plans. Mr Abbott yesterday backed down on a plan not to commit to a date for returning the budget to surplus, even though he said he did not trust Treasury's numbers. "The budget bottom line will be there for everyone to see," Mr Abbott said. As both sides of politics step up their negotiations over preferences with minor parties, the poll contains a warning for Labor not to rely on a boost from the Greens. The slide in the Greens' vote helped result in a slightly lower two-party preferred vote for Labor of 44 per cent compared with the 44.9 per cent it received at the 2010 election. Voters were evenly split over whether there should be a deal with crossbenchers if there were a hung parliament.