Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
Total agree | Total disagree | Strongly agree | Agree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | ||
Political parties should not change leaders before elections | 64% | 21% | 21% | 43% | 17% | 4% | 14% | |
Political parties have every right to change leaders before elections | 46% | 42% | 10% | 36% | 27% | 15% | 12% | |
Political parties should replace their leader if they are unpopular with voters | 56% | 29% | 13% | 43% | 22% | 7% | 15% | |
If one of the major parties changed their leader I would be more likely to support them | 24% | 49% | 5% | 19% | 35% | 14% | 27% | |
If one of the major parties changed their leaders I would be less likely to support them | 30% | 44% | 6% | 24% | 33% | 11% | 26% | |
The leader of a party has little impact on my vote | 41% | 49% | 9% | 32% | 34% | 15% | 9% |
While 64% agreed that political parties should not change leaders before elections, 46% agreed they have the right to change leaders and 56% agreed that they should replace a leader who is unpopular.
Nearly half (49%) rejected the statement that the leader of the party has little impact on their vote, while 30% said changing leaders would make them less likely to vote for a party and 24% said it would make them more likely.
Labor voters were divided over voting for a party that changed leaders (28% more likely/30% less likely) while Liberal National voters were much less likely to support them (23% more likely/37% less likely).