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).