Clive Palmer and his PUP likely to be put down by voters at the next Federal election CLIVE Palmer and his PUP are on their way to being politically euthanased at the next federal election. The Palmer United Party's support has halved in just three months, slumping to 6 per cent and leaving it behind The Greens, other minor parties and independents. A Galaxy poll, conducted exclusively for The Courier-Mail, reveals that the disintegration of the self-proclaimed billionaire's political experiment, is driving voters away in droves. A poll of 800 voters statewide taken this week - at the height of a spat which has headstrong Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie threatening to quit - shows just 6 per cent of Queenslanders would vote for the PUP if an election was held today. MEMBERSHIP STRUGGLE: Palmer scrambles to prove he has the numbers SENATE INQUIRY: Clive Palmer resurrects deal with Labor and Greens LEADER GONE: Palmer United Party's Queensland leader Alex Douglas quits Happier times for the Palmer United Party when it was united and attracted votes. Pictured after signing a memorandum of understanding with Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party (AMEP) Senator Ricky Muir (second from right) to work together are PUP senators (from left) Dio Wang, Jacqui Lambie and Glenn Lazarus (right) with Clive Palmer. The Greens polled at 8 per cent, while 9 per cent of Queenslanders said they would give their vote to another party or candidate. But the collapse in PUP support has not benefited the Government, which recorded its worst result since last year's federal election. A 9 percentage point swing away from the LNP sees it trailing Labor 52 per cent to 48 per cent on a two-party preferred basis. Meanwhile, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has extended his lead over Prime Minister Tony Abbott. When asked which of the two leaders best understood the issues and needs affecting Queenslanders, 44 per cent said Mr Shorten and 36 per cent said Mr Abbott. The poll comes as the tit-for-tat battle between Senator Lambie and Mr Palmer becomes increasingly hostile and confused. Senator Jacqui Lambie goes past her PUP colleagues Clive Palmer, Dio Wang and Glenn Lazarus at a joint sitting of both houses of the parliament in Canberra. Senator Lambie is talking to confidantes this weekend about whether she should resign from the PUP, a move that would weaken Mr Palmer's political power. Mr Palmer stormed off the ABC's Lateline during questioning over his fights with Senator Lambie and court battle with Chinese government-owned investment group Citic Pacific. On the program, Mr Palmer offered an olive branch to the fiery Senate leader, accused major parties of trying to drive a wedge between the pair and revealed he had to dump her as deputy leader in the Senate because she had failed to attend meetings. This week she said she would use parliamentary privilege to reveal details about Mr Palmer's "intimidating" behaviour. Mr Palmer told Lateline this week he did not know what she was talking about. "We spent something like $600,000-$700,000 in Tasmania in the last federal election to make sure that we'd get our Senator elected," he said. Clive Palmer at Parliament House in Canberra. Our party members worked very hard for Jacqui and I know she got 22,000 votes above the line from the PUP party and 1500 below the line so I think she's a team player. Asked why he had dumped her as deputy Senate Leader, he said: "She didn't turn up to three party meetings ... and if you don't turn up that's what happens." Yesterday, Mr Palmer tweeted, "My interview (on Lateline) was agenda driven in a bid to save the shows declining ratings"." Mr Palmer's fledging party won 11 per cent of the vote in the September 2013 election, giving him three senators that allowed him to become a dominant force in the Upper House. With Labor refusing to negotiate on key Budget Bills, the Government has turned to the PUP to help push through its agenda. Eight months after its win, the party's popularity increased to 12 per cent.