Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Labor Party?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Aug 2015 | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jul 2016 | |||
| Bill Shorten | 17% | 37% | 8% | 15% | 9% | 16% | 13% | 15% | 27% | ||
| Anthony Albanese | 12% | 14% | 12% | 13% | 16% | 12% | 14% | 14% | 11% | ||
| Tanya Plibersek | 14% | 16% | 12% | 22% | 14% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 12% | ||
| Chris Bowen | 4% | 2% | 5% | 1% | 7% | 5% | 3% | 7% | 3% | ||
| Tony Burke | 2% | 1% | 4% | 6% | 2% | – | – | – | – | ||
| Someone else | 18% | 10% | 26% | 11% | 29% | 18% | 17% | 18% | 17% | ||
| Don’t know | 32% | 21% | 34% | 32% | 22% | 36% | 38% | 32% | 30% |
17% (down 10% since July) think Bill Shorten would make the best leader of the Labor Party, 14% (up 2%) prefer Tanya Plibersek and 12% (up 1%) Anthony Albanese. 18% prefer someone else and 32% don’t know.
Among Labor voters, 37% (down 14%) prefer Bill Shorten, 16% (up 4%) Tanya Plibersek and 14% (up 3%) Anthony Albanese.
Preferences of men were Bill Shorten 19% (-10%), Anthony Albanese 16% (+3%) and Tanya Plibersek 13% (-1%).
Preferences of women were Bill Shorten 16% (-9%), Tanya Plibersek 14% (+3%) and Anthony Albanese 9% (no change).