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Preferred Prime Minister

16 Oct 2019

Q. Who do you think would makes the better Prime Minister out of Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese?

  Oct’19 Sep’19 Aug’19 Jul’19 Jun’19 May’19 Mar’19
Scott Morrison 43% 46% 44% 44% 43% 39% 44%
Anthony Albanese 28% 25% 28% 26% 25% 32%

(Shorten)

 31%

(Shorten)
Don’t know 29% 29% 28% 31% 32% 28% 26%
Base (n) 1,088 1,093 1,096 1,091 1,099 1,210 1,090

 

  Total Gender Age
Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+
Scott Morrison 43% 48% 39% 42% 40% 48%
Anthony Albanese 28% 30% 25% 29% 25% 29%
Don’t know 29% 21% 36% 29% 35% 23%
Base (n) 1,088 539 549 342 373 373
  • More than two-fifths of participants think that Scott Morrison makes the better PM (43%), which is on par with previous months from June 2019 (from 46% to 43%)
  • 29% don’t know who would make the better PM between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese.
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