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  • Jun, 2014

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    Attributes of party leaders

    Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the leader of the Greens, Christine Milne?

    Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the leader of the Palmer United Party, Clive Palmer?

     

    Christine Milne

    Clive Palmer

    Intelligent

    56%

    52%

    Hard-working

    57%

    52%

    A capable leader

    44%

    33%

    Understands the problems facing Australia

    41%

    42%

    Visionary

    30%

    35%

    Good in a crisis

    31%

    28%

    Superficial

    38%

    57%

    More honest than most politicians

    36%

    31%

    Trustworthy

    37%

    23%

    Narrow-minded

    48%

    55%

    Arrogant

    38%

    70%

    Out of touch with ordinary people

    51%

    59%

    Intolerant

    36%

    52%

    Aggressive

    38%

    67%

    Erratic

    36%

    64%

    Christine Milne’s key attributes were hard working, intelligent, out of touch with ordinary people and narrow minded.

    Clive Palmer’s key attributes were arrogant, aggressive, erratic, out of touch with ordinary people, superficial and narrow minded.

  • Apr, 2012

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    Comparison of Leader Attributes

     

    Julia Gillard

    Tony Abbott

    Difference

    Intelligent

    61%

    56%

    +5%

    Hard-working

    65%

    68%

    -3%

    A capable leader

    38%

    41%

    -3%

    Arrogant

    53%

    61%

    -8%

    Out of touch with ordinary people

    65%

    54%

    +11%

    Understands the problems facing Australia

    41%

    49%

    -8%

    Visionary

    25%

    26%

    -1%

    Superficial

    54%

    49%

    +5%

    Good in a crisis

    36%

    36%

    Narrow-minded

    53%

    54%

    -1%

    More honest than most politicians

    26%

    30%

    -4%

    Trustworthy

    25%

    32%

    -7%

    Julia Gillard rates higher than Tony Abbott on out of touch with ordinary people (+11%), intelligent (+5%) and superficial (+5%).

    She rates lower than Tony Abbott on arrogant (-8%), understands the problems facing Australia (-8%) and trustworthy (-7%).

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