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Approval of Julia Gillard

16 Apr 2012

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?

 

19 Jul 2010

20 Dec 2010

14 Mar

2011

14 June

12 Sept

17 Oct

14 Nov

12 Dec

16 Jan 2012

13 Feb

12 Mar

16 Apr

Total approve

52%

43%

41%

34%

28%

34%

37%

34%

37%

36%

32%

32%

Total disapprove

30%

40%

46%

54%

64%

59%

55%

54%

52%

53%

61%

58%

Strongly approve

11%

10%

7%

6%

5%

7%

8%

6%

6%

6%

8%

7%

Approve

41%

33%

34%

28%

23%

27%

29%

28%

31%

30%

24%

25%

Disapprove

17%

24%

22%

29%

28%

27%

25%

25%

27%

26%

29%

31%

Strongly disapprove

13%

16%

24%

25%

36%

32%

30%

29%

25%

27%

32%

27%

Don’t know

18%

17%

13%

13%

8%

7%

9%

11%

12%

11%

7%

10%

Julia Gillard’s approval rating has changed little since last month. 32% (no change) approve of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister and 58% (down 3%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -29 to -26 over the last 5 weeks.

67% of Labor voters approve (down 8%) and 21% disapprove (up 1%).

By gender – men 32% approve/60% disapprove, women 32% approve/55% disapprove.

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