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Tony Abbott leader at next election

31 Mar 2015

Q. Do you think Tony Abbott is likely or unlikely to still be the leader of the Liberal Party at the next election?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Total Dec 2014 Total Feb 2015
Likely 26% 11% 52% 8% 22% 29% 20%
Unlikely 57% 79% 29% 82% 55% 51% 61%
Don’t know 17% 9% 19% 10% 23% 20% 19%

57% (down 4% since February) think that Tony Abbott is unlikely to still be leader of the Liberal Party at the next election and 26% (up 6%) think it is likely.

79% (no change) of Labor voters and 82% (up 12%) of Greens voters think it is unlikely and 52% (up 16%) of Liberal/National voters think it is likely he will still be leader.

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