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Approval of Tony Abbott

13 Aug 2012

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader?

 

18 Jan

2010

5 Jul

 

20 Dec

14 Mar

2011

14 June

12 Sept

12 Dec

12 Mar 2012

12 Jun

16 Jul

13 Aug

Total approve

37%

37%

39%

38%

38%

39%

32%

36%

32%

35%

36%

Total disapprove

37%

47%

39%

47%

48%

50%

53%

52%

54%

53%

51%

Strongly approve

5%

8%

9%

7%

6%

8%

6%

7%

6%

7%

8%

Approve

32%

29%

30%

31%

32%

31%

26%

29%

26%

28%

28%

Disapprove

20%

23%

21%

24%

25%

23%

25%

23%

24%

23%

22%

Strongly disapprove

17%

24%

18%

23%

23%

27%

28%

29%

30%

30%

29%

Don’t know

26%

16%

22%

16%

15%

11%

14%

12%

13%

12%

13%

Tony Abbott’s approval rating has improved marginally over the last month. 36% (up 1%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 51% (down 2%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -18 to -15 over the last 4 weeks.

70% (up 3%) of Coalition voters approve and 21% (down 5%) disapprove.

By gender – men 40% approve/51% disapprove, women 32% approve/52% disapprove.

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