Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Sep 2015 | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jun 2016 | Sep 2016 | Oct 2016 | Nov 2016 | Dec 2016 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 39% | 13% | 81% | 12% | 25% | 53% | 54% | 48% | 40% | 41% | 41% | 40% | 39% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 28% | 59% | 4% | 48% | 16% | 17% | 15% | 19% | 29% | 26% | 28% | 28% | 28% | ||
| Don’t know | 33% | 28% | 15% | 40% | 59% | 30% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 33% | 31% | 32% | 33% |
39% (no change in last 5 weeks) of respondents think Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister and 28% (no change) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.
44% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 29% prefer Bill Shorten.
35% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 26% prefer Bill Shorten.