THE number of Labor MPs in the Tasmanian Parliament could be halved in next week's state election, new polling shows.

A ReachTel poll of 2682 Tasmanians, carried out on Thursday night, shows the Will Hodgman-led Liberal Party is set for majority government.

The Labor Party could even be left with fewer seats than former stablemates the Greens, with polling suggesting Labor is likely to pick up just five or six seats while the Greens could secure between four and six.

Any hopes that Labor's stocks might have been boosted by its dramatic dumping of the Greens in January have evaporated.

The poll follows a Mercury Sky News people's forum at the Hobart Town Hall on Thursday night, which Ms Giddings won on points.

See full poll results here.

Polling analyst Kevin Bonham said it was also possible Palmer United Party state leader Kevin Morgan could snatch a seat in Braddon in a three-way race with the Greens, who currently hold a single seat there.

Mr Hodgman has a commanding lead in the preferred premier stakes, varying from 61.1 per cent in Braddon to 43.1 per cent in the Hobart-based electorate.

Overall, his rating is 54.6 per cent, compared with Premier Lara Giddings on 24.7 per cent and Greens leader Nick McKim on 20.7 per cent..

"There is no evidence in this poll to support a hung Parliament," Dr Bonham said.

In an election campaign defined by jobs and the economy, the Liberals have been deemed the best party to deliver.

Asked which party had the best policies to reduce unemployment, 47.6 per cent of those polled said the Liberals, compared with Labor (21.3 per cent) and the Greens (11.9 per cent).

The strong news for the Liberals came on the same day they released another policy aimed at creating jobs.

They announced a $56 million upgrade and development of the Eastcoaster Resort, which they said would create 430 construction and ongoing jobs.

A US-designed championship golf course and clubhouse facilities would be built as the centrepiece of the development.

The ReachTel poll found support for the Liberals' employment policies was strongest in the regional electorates of Braddon, Lyons and Bass.

Tasmanian Industry Group director Daniel Leesong said many of the party's policies had been tailored to economic activity in regional areas.

"Private investment makes up a larger slice of economic activity in regional electorates compared with a seat like Denison that has a higher proportion of government staff," he said.

"Being in those regional communities, the impact a sluggish economy can have is much more obvious."

Dr Bonham's analysis of the polling suggests the Liberals look set to pick up extra seats in Bass, Braddon, Franklin and Lyons and will retain their two seats in Denison.

Overall, the polling suggests the Liberals are set to pick up 47.4 per cent of the first-preference vote, compared with Labor (23.6 per cent), the Greens (18.2 per cent), and PUP (6.7 per cent).

matthew.smith@news.com.au