Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Joe Hockey is doing as Treasurer?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/ Nat |
Vote Greens | Vote other | Nov 2013 | Aug 2014 | Mar 2015 | May 2015
Pre-budget |
May 2015
Post-budget |
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| Total approve | 30% | 9% | 64% | 8% | 19% | 45% | 35% | 27% | 30% | 34% | ||
| Total disapprove | 52% | 77% | 20% | 84% | 62% | 28% | 44% | 51% | 48% | 44% | ||
| Strongly approve | 5% | 1% | 13% | – | 2% | 13% | 11% | 6% | 6% | 8% | ||
| Approve | 25% | 8% | 51% | 8% | 17% | 32% | 24% | 21% | 24% | 26% | ||
| Disapprove | 24% | 28% | 16% | 28% | 36% | 15% | 20% | 25% | 25% | 23% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 28% | 49% | 4% | 56% | 26% | 13% | 24% | 26% | 23% | 21% | ||
| Don’t know | 19% | 14% | 15% | 8% | 18% | 27% | 21% | 22% | 23% | 22% |
30% approve of the job Joe Hockey is doing as Treasurer and 52% disapprove. 19% could not give an opinion.
Since May 2014 (post-budget), Hockey’s disapproval rating has risen from 44% to 52%. Overall his net approval rating has dropped from -10 to -22. This is lower than his pre-budget 2015 net approval rating of -18.
64% of Liberal/National voters approve of the job Joe Hockey is doing as Treasurer – 20% disapprove. 77% of Labor and 84% of Greens voters disapprove of the job Joe Hockey is doing as Treasurer.
By gender – 33% of men approve and 43% disapprove; 27% of women approve and 49% disapprove. Hockey’s approval rating by women is -22 and for men is -11.