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Leader attributes – Malcolm Turnbull

24 May 2016

Q: Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull?

  Total   May 3 2016   Difference
Intelligent 76% 77% -1
Out of touch with ordinary people 63% 56% +7
Hard-working 60% 65% -5
A capable leader 55% 59% -4
Arrogant 51% 46% +5
Good in a crisis 48% 49% -1
Superficial 48% 46% +2
Understands the problems facing Australia 47% 52% -5
Narrow-minded 41% 41%
Visionary 40% 41% -1
Trustworthy 37% 40% -3
More honest than most politicians 36% 39% -3
Erratic 34% 34%
Intolerant 34% 34%
Aggressive 31% 28% +3

Malcolm Turnbull’s key attributes were intelligent (76%), out of touch with ordinary people (63%), hard working (60%) and a capable leader (55%).

Over the last 3 weeks, the main changes have been for out of touch with ordinary people (up 7%), hard-working (down 5%), arrogant (up 5%) and understands the problems facing Australia (down 5%).

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