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  • Jul, 2013

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    Best leader of the Liberal Party

    Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

     

    23 Apr 12

    30 May 11

    28 Feb 11

    27 Sep 10

    Tony Abbott

    17%

    5%

    36%

    1%

    23%

    22%

    24%

    26%

    Malcolm Turnbull

    37%

    44%

    35%

    51%

    30%

    25%

    18%

    20%

    Joe Hockey

    10%

    9%

    13%

    9%

    14%

    17%

    16%

    15%

    Julie Bishop

    3%

    4%

    3%

    1%

    5%

    3%

    4%

    5%

    Andrew Robb

    *

    *

    *

    1%

    1%

    1%

    na

    Someone else

    12%

    20%

    3%

    13%

    12%

    13%

    14%

    na

    Don’t know

    19%

    19%

    9%

    24%

    16%

    19%

    22%

    33%

    37% (up 7% since April last year) think Malcolm Turnbull would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 17% (down 6%) prefer Tony Abbott and 10% (down 4%) Joe Hockey.

    Among Liberal/National voters, 36% (-3%) prefer Tony Abbott, 35% (+9%) Malcolm Turnbull and 13% (-4%) Joe Hockey.

    Malcolm Turnbull is preferred by 39% of men and 36% of women, Tony Abbott by 21% of men and 14% of women.

  • May, 2011

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    Best Leader of the Liberal Party

    Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?

    27 Sep 2010 28 Feb 2011 30 May 2011
    Total Total Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Tony Abbott 26% 24% 22% 10% 40% 7%
    Malcolm Turnbull 20% 18% 25% 35% 19% 33%
    Joe Hockey 15% 16% 17% 13% 22% 18%
    Julie Bishop 5% 4% 3% 4% 2% 1%
    Andrew Robb na 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%
    Someone else na 14% 13% 17% 7% 16%
    Don’t know 33% 22% 19% 20% 8% 22%

    25% (+7%) think Malcolm Turnbull would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 22% (-3%) prefer Tony Abbott and 17% (+1%) Joe Hockey.

    Among Liberal/National voters, 40% prefer Tony Abbott, 22% Joe Hockey and 19% Malcolm Turnbull.

    Malcolm Turnbull is preferred by 25% of men and 24% of women, Tony Abbott by 24% of men and 19% of women.

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  • Feb, 2011

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    Liberal party Leadership

    Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?

    27 Sep 10 28 February 2011
    Total Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Tony Abbott 26% 24% 9% 45% 1%
    Malcolm Turnbull 20% 18% 24% 16% 29%
    Joe Hockey 15% 16% 18% 17% 17%
    Julie Bishop 5% 4% 6% 2% 4%
    Andrew Robb na 1% 1% 1% 2%
    Someone else na 14% 18% 8% 27%
    Don’t know 33% 22% 23% 10% 20%

    24% of respondents believed that Tony Abbott is the best leader of the Liberal Party, 18% prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 16% Joe Hockey.

    Tony Abbott is preferred by 45% of Liberal/National voters while Malcolm Turnbull is preferred by Labor (24%) and Greens voters (29%).

    Tony Abbott is more preferred by men (30%) – women are split between Tony Abbott (19%) and Joe Hockey (19%). 23% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull compared to 14% of women.

    These figures are little changed since the question was last asked in September 2010.

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  • Nov, 2010

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    Liberal Party Leadership

    Q. Which of the following do you think would be the best person to lead the Liberal Party at the next election?

      Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Tony Abbott 23% 5% 50% 5%
    Malcolm Turnbull 22% 27% 19% 39%
    Joe Hockey 14% 15% 15% 12%
    Julie Bishop 6% 9% 5% 7%
    Andrew Robb 1% 1% 1%
    Someone else 15% 22% 3% 18%
    Don’t know 19% 21% 7% 19%

    23% think Tony Abbott would be the best person to lead the Liberal Party at the next election, 22% prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 14% Joe Hockey.

    Among Coalition voters, 50% prefer Tony Abbott, 19% Malcolm Turnbull and 15% Joe Hockey.

    Tony Abbott is preferred over Malcolm Turnbull by those aged under 45 22% to 19% but the over 45’s prefer Malcolm Turnbull over Tony Abbott 27% to 25%.

    A similar question (although not exactly the same) asked in September showed Tony Abbott with a 26% to 20% lead over Malcolm Turnbull overall and 53% to 15% among Coalition voters. Joe Hockey’s support was 15% in total and 17% among Liberal voters. Comments »

  • Nov, 2009

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    Preferred Liberal Party Leader

    Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?

    6 July 09

    Total

    17 Aug 09

    Total

    30 November 2009
    Total Labor Coalition Greens
    Joe Hockey 17% 16% 22% 27% 28% 14%
    Malcolm Turnbull 13% 12% 14% 15% 20% 14%
    Tony Abbott 7% 7% 9% 8% 13% 3%
    Julie Bishop 8% 6% 6% 7% 5% 9%
    Andrew Robb * 2% 2% 2% 2% *
    Someone else 20% 24% 19% 19% 14% 27%
    Don’t know 32% 33% 28% 22% 18% 33%

    * Not asked. Brendan Nelson (3%) and Greg Hunt (1%) were included in the July poll.

    22% of people think Joe Hockey would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 14% prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 9% prefer Tony Abbott. Just under half (47%) do not think that any of those listed would be the best leader of the Liberal Party – 19% prefer someone else as leader and 28% don’t know.

    28% of Coalition voters think that Joe Hockey would make the best leader of the Liberal party, 20% of these same voters prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 13% prefer Tony Abbott.  Labor voters were more likely to think that Joe Hockey would make the best leader (27%).

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