Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
Total | Vote Lab | Vote Lib/ Nat |
Vote Greens | Vote Other | Sep 2013 | Mar 2014 | June 2014 | Dec 2014 | Jan 2015 | Feb 2015 | Mar 2015 | |||
Total approve | 33% | 9% | 75% | 4% | 15% | 41% | 40% | 35% | 32% | 37% | 29% | 31% | ||
Total dis- approve |
58% | 88% | 18% | 89% | 76% | 36% | 47% | 58% | 55% | 53% | 62% | 56% | ||
Strongly approve | 7% | 1% | 17% | 1% | 2% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 9% | 7% | 7% | ||
Approve | 26% | 8% | 58% | 3% | 13% | 27% | 29% | 25% | 24% | 28% | 22% | 24% | ||
Dis- approve |
28% | 34% | 16% | 31% | 44% | 13% | 20% | 18% | 22% | 23% | 26% | 22% | ||
Strongly dis- approve |
30% | 54% | 2% | 58% | 32% | 23% | 27% | 40% | 33% | 30% | 36% | 34% | ||
Don’t know | 9% | 3% | 7% | 7% | 9% | 23% | 12% | 7% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 12% |
58% of respondents disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – up 2% since the last time this question was asked in March – and 33% approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing (up 2%). This represents no change in his net rating of -25.
75% (up 3%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 18% (down 2%) disapproving. 88% of Labor voters and 89% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.
By gender men were 36% approve/57% disapprove and women 30% approve/59% disapprove.