Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?
| Total | Vote Lab | Vote Lib/ Nat |
Vote Grn | Vote Other | Oct 2013 | June 2014 | Dec 2104 | Jan 2015 | Feb 2015 | Mar 2015 | Apr 2015 | |||
| Tony Abbott | 35% | 4% | 78% | 11% | 32% | 41% | 36% | 31% | 35% | 31% | 33% | 32% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 32% | 70% | 4% | 43% | 15% | 22% | 40% | 36% | 37% | 39% | 37% | 35% | ||
| Don’t know | 33% | 26% | 18% | 46% | 53% | 37% | 24% | 33% | 28% | 30% | 30% | 33% |
35% (up 3% since April) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 32% (down 3%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.
This is the first month Tony Abbott has been preferred over Bill Shorten since November last year.
41% of men prefer Tony Abbott and 31% prefer Bill Shorten – and women prefer Bill Shorten 34% to 29%.