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Approval of Bill Shorten

12 Nov 2013

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader?

 

Total

 

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote other/ Indep-endent

Total approve

31%

 

48%

23%

31%

18%

Total disapprove

27%

 

16%

38%

21%

31%

Strongly approve

5%

11%

2%

1%

1%

Approve

26%

37%

21%

30%

17%

Disapprove

17%

13%

21%

17%

18%

Strongly disapprove

10%

3%

17%

4%

13%

Don’t know

43%

36%

39%

49%

51%

31% approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader and 27% disapprove. 43% could not give an opinion.

By gender – 34% of men approve and 33% disapprove; 27% of women approve and 21% disapprove.

 

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