Q. Do you approve or disapprove of Malcolm Turnbull replacing Tony Abbott as leader of the Liberal Party?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Sept
2015 |
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| TOTAL Approve | 49% | 54% | 58% | 55% | 29% | 58% | ||
| TOTAL Disapprove | 29% | 29% | 28% | 17% | 45% | 24% | ||
| Strongly approve | 14% | 16% | 18% | 18% | 5% | 25% | ||
| Approve | 35% | 39% | 41% | 37% | 24% | 33% | ||
| Disapprove | 19% | 18% | 20% | 14% | 27% | 14% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 10% | 11% | 7% | 4% | 19% | 10% | ||
| Don’t know | 22% | 17% | 14% | 28% | 26% | 18% |
Just under half (49%) approve of Malcom Turnbull replacing Tony Abbott as leader of the Liberal Party. This is a drop of -9% since September 2015, where 58% approved.
There is surprisingly little difference between the main voter groups; 54% of Labor, 58% of Lib/Nat and 55% of Greens voters approve. However, just 29% of ‘other’ voters approve of Malcom Turnbull replacing Tony Abbott.
There were no significant differences based on age or gender.