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Better Prime Minister

10 Feb 2015

Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten? 

 

Total

 

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote Other

 

Oct 2013

Mar 2014

June 2014

Sep 2014

Dec 2104

Jan 2015

Tony Abbott

31%

5%

75%

4%

22%

41%

39%

36%

35%

31%

35%

Bill Shorten

39%

78%

6%

59%

24%

22%

33%

40%

36%

36%

37%

Don’t know

30%

18%

18%

36%

55%

37%

28%

24%

30%

33%

28%

31% (down 4% since January) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 39% (up 2%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.

34% of men prefer Tony Abbott and 41% prefer Bill Shorten – and women prefer Bill Shorten 38% to 28%.

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