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2011 Outlook – Politicians
Q. Do you think 2011 will be a good or bad year for each of the following politicians?
Total good | Total poor | Very good | Good | Neither good nor bad | Bad | Very bad | Don’t know | |
Julia Gillard | 28% | 36% | 5% | 23% | 23% | 26% | 10% | 12% |
Tony Abbott | 29% | 27% | 5% | 24% | 32% | 20% | 7% | 13% |
Kevin Rudd | 21% | 30% | 3% | 18% | 35% | 21% | 9% | 14% |
Malcolm Turnbull | 20% | 21% | 3% | 17% | 41% | 17% | 4% | 18% |
Bob Brown | 20% | 30% | 4% | 16% | 31% | 18% | 12% | 19% |
There were no strong expectations one way or the other that 2011 would be good or bad for politicians.
Overall, there were negative expectations for Julia Gillard (-8% net), Kevin Rudd (-9%) and Bob Brown (-10%) while respondents were divided over Tony Abbott (+2%) and Malcolm Turnbull (-1%).
Comparing these results with last week’s questions, respondents expect 2011 to be worse than 2010 for Julia Gillard (net +24% in 2010 compared to
-8% in 2011) and Bob Brown (+17% in 2010/-10% in 2011).

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