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Approval of Julia Gillard

10 Dec 2012

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

 

19
Jul
10

20 Dec

14 Mar
11

14 June

12 Sept

12 Dec

12 Mar 12

12 Jun

10 Sept

15 Oct

12 Nov

10 Dec

Total approve

52%

43%

41%

34%

28%

34%

32%

32%

35%

41%

41%

37%

Total disapprove

30%

40%

46%

54%

64%

54%

61%

56%

54%

51%

49%

53%

Strongly approve

11%

10%

7%

6%

5%

6%

8%

6%

7%

9%

7%

10%

Approve

41%

33%

34%

28%

23%

28%

24%

26%

28%

32%

34%

27%

Disapprove

17%

24%

22%

29%

28%

25%

29%

22%

27%

24%

25%

25%

Strongly disapprove

13%

16%

24%

25%

36%

29%

32%

34%

27%

27%

24%

28%

Don’t know

18%

17%

13%

13%

8%

11%

7%

12%

11%

8%

10%

11%

37% (down 4%) approve of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister and 53% (up 4%) disapprove – an 8-point change in net rating from -8 to -16.

82% of Labor voters approve (down 3%) and 13% disapprove (up 5%).

By gender – men 36% approve/57% disapprove, women 38% approve/48% disapprove.  In net terms this represents a shift with men from -16 to -21 and with women from 0 to -10.

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