Polls point to Labor and Rudd's electoral strength

Caucus divided over Rudd and Beazley

Labor would have romped home in a federal election despite its leadership woes a new poll by Nielsen has concluded.

The same poll also found Labor's primary vote lifting a massive 7 percentage points to an unbelievable 48 per cent if Kevin Rudd was leader.

A poll by the Newspoll group found 48 per cent of those polled supported the Rudd-Gillard team, compared with 27 per cent cupport for Beazley-macklin combination.

Both contenders used the polls to argue for their case. Beazley is arguing Labor is now in a winning position, Rudd that he has strong electoral support.

Caucus meets tomorrow morning with both sides have a solid core of support of over 30 MP's but with upto 20 MP's not decided or wavering.