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  • Apr, 2012

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    Approval of Bob Brown

    Q. Last week Bob Brown resigned from Parliament and the leadership of the Greens, after 16 years as a member of the Senate. Do you approve or disapprove of the performance of Bob Brown over his 16 years in Parliament?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Total approve

    42%

    60%

    24%

    89%

    Total disapprove

    34%

    15%

    56%

    1%

    Strongly approve

    9%

    14%

    3%

    38%

    Approve

    33%

    46%

    21%

    51%

    Disapprove

    19%

    13%

    29%

    1%

    Strongly disapprove

    15%

    2%

    27%

    Don’t know

    24%

    25%

    20%

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    42% approve the performance of Bob Brown over his 16 years in Parliament and 34% disapprove. A majority of Greens voters (89%) and Labor voters (60%) approve but 56% of Liberal/National voters disapprove.

    Men split 40% approve/41% disapprove compared to women 43% approve/28% disapprove.

    By age group, approval/disapproval was 46%/21% for under 35’s, 43%/31% for 35-54’s and 35%/56% for 55+.

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