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 Other | Sep 2013 | June 2014 | Mar 2015 | Apr 2015 | May 2015 | Jun 2015 | Jul 2015 | |||
Total approve | 38% | 12% | 82% | 6% | 23% | 41% | 35% | 31% | 33% | 36% | 39% | 37% | ||
Total disapprove | 53% | 82% | 10% | 91% | 63% | 36% | 58% | 56% | 58% | 54% | 50% | 53% | ||
Strongly approve | 9% | 2% | 22% | 1% | 2% | 14% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 10% | 11% | 11% | ||
Approve | 29% | 10% | 60% | 5% | 21% | 27% | 25% | 24% | 26% | 26% | 28% | 26% | ||
Disapprove | 22% | 30% | 9% | 19% | 33% | 13% | 18% | 22% | 28% | 25% | 23% | 24% | ||
Strongly disapprove | 31% | 52% | 1% | 72% | 40% | 23% | 40% | 34% | 30% | 29% | 27% | 29% | ||
Don’t know | 10% | 6% | 7% | 3% | 4% | 23% | 7% | 12% | 9% | 11% | 12% | 10% |
38% of respondents approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – up 1% since the last time this question was asked in July – and 53% disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing (no change). This represents a 1-point change in his net rating from -16 to -15.
82% (up 1%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 10% (down 3%) disapproving. 82% of Labor voters and 91% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.
By gender men were 41% approve/53% disapprove and women 34% approve/53% disapprove.