Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
Total | Vote Lab | Vote Lib/ Nat |
Vote Grn | Vote Oth. | June 2014 | Sep 2014 | Dec 2014 | Jan 2015 | Feb 2015 | Mar 2015 | Apr 2015 | |||
Total approve | 36% | 7% | 78% | 1% | 35% | 35% | 35% | 32% | 37% | 29% | 31% | 33% | ||
Total disapprove | 54% | 87% | 14% | 83% | 58% | 58% | 52% | 55% | 53% | 62% | 56% | 58% | ||
Strongly approve | 10% | 1% | 25% | 3% | 5% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 7% | ||
Approve | 26% | 6% | 53% | 8% | 30% | 25% | 26% | 24% | 28% | 22% | 24% | 26% | ||
Disapprove | 25% | 32% | 12% | 43% | 23% | 18% | 22% | 22% | 23% | 26% | 22% | 28% | ||
Strongly disapprove | 29% | 55% | 2% | 40% | 25% | 40% | 30% | 33% | 30% | 36% | 34% | 30% | ||
Don’t know | 11% | 6% | 8% | 6% | 17% | 7% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 12% | 9% |
36% of respondents approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – up 3% since the last time this question was asked in April – and 54% disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing (down 4%). This represents a 7-point change in his net rating from -25 to -18.
78% (up 3%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 14% (down 4%) disapproving. 87% of Labor voters and 83% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.
By gender men were 40% approve/54% disapprove and women 32% approve/53% disapprove.