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 | Apr 2018 | Mar 2018 | Dec 2017 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 40% | 18% | 78% | 19% | 37% | 41% | 41% | 42% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 26% | 54% | 7% | 36% | 18% | 26% | 26% | 28% | ||
| Don’t know | 34% | 28% | 15% | 44% | 45% | 33% | 33% | 31% |
The results were split by party, with 78% of Liberal/National voters saying that Malcolm Turnbull would be a better Prime Minister, and 54% of Labor voters saying Bill Shorten would.
40% thought that Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister (down 1% from last month), and 26% thought Bill Shorten would be better (no change). 34% did not know who would make a better Prime Minister.
Greens voters preferred Bill Shorten (36%) to Malcolm Turnbull (19%).
44% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 30% prefer Bill Shorten.
36% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 23% prefer Bill Shorten.