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Best Leader of the Labor Party

Apr 23, 2012
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Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Labor Party?

 

30 May 2011

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens
Julia Gillard

23%

16%

40%

4%

21%
Kevin Rudd

32%

31%

33%

32%

32%
Wayne Swan

2%

4%

6%

4%

5%
Greg Combet

4%

2%

1%

2%

2%
Bill Shorten

3%

6%

8%

5%

3%
Someone else

19%

23%

6%

33%

18%
Don’t know

17%

17%

6%

19%

19%

33% think Kevin Rudd would make the best leader of the Labor Party and 16% prefer Julia Gillard. This represents  declines of 1% for Kevin Rudd and 7% for Julia Gillard since this question was asked nearly 12 months ago. Those selecting “someone else” has increased from 19% to 23%.

Julia Gillard is preferred by 40% of Labor voters compared to 33% for Kevin Rudd. Men prefer Kevin Rudd over Julia Gillard 33% to 16% and women by 28% to 17%.

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Two Party Preferred: 17 June 2013

Labor
46+/-0
Coalition
54+/-0

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