Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?
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Total |
Male |
Female |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
Jun 2014 |
Feb 2015 |
Aug 2015 |
Sep 2015 |
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|
Malcolm Turnbull |
42% |
46% |
38% |
38% |
57% |
37% |
20% |
31% |
24% |
24% |
37% |
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|
Tony Abbott |
9% |
11% |
8% |
4% |
14% |
2% |
21% |
18% |
11% |
18% |
9% |
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|
Joe Hockey |
na |
6% |
5% |
3% |
2% |
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|
Julie Bishop |
13% |
10% |
16% |
15% |
14% |
16% |
13% |
4% |
21% |
17% |
14% |
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|
Christopher Pyne |
2% |
2% |
2% |
4% |
1% |
– |
– |
<1% |
<1% |
1% |
1% |
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|
Scott Morrison |
2% |
3% |
1% |
1% |
3% |
3% |
2% |
1% |
2% |
3% |
4% |
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|
Someone else |
9% |
9% |
10% |
14% |
2% |
16% |
15% |
19% |
13% |
13% |
10% |
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|
Don’t know |
22% |
20% |
25% |
24% |
9% |
25% |
29% |
21% |
24% |
22% |
21% |
42% (up 5% since September) think Malcolm Turnbull would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 13% prefer Julie Bishop (down 1%) and 9% prefer Tony Abbott (no change)
Among Liberal/National voters, 57% (up 10%) prefer Malcolm Turnbull, 14% (no change) prefer Tony Abbott and 14% (up 4%) Julie Bishop.
Preferences of men were Malcolm Turnbull 46% (+2%), Tony Abbott 11% (+1%) and Julie Bishop 10% (-1%). Preferences of women were Malcolm Turnbull 38% (+8%), Julie Bishop 16% (-1%) and Tony Abbott 8% (no change).