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Approval of Bill Shorten

10 Mar 2015

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader? 

 

Total

 

Vote ALP

Vote Lib/
Nat

Vote Green

Vote Other

 

Nov 2013

Mar 2014

June 2014

Sep 2014

Dec 2014

Jan 2015

Feb 2015

Total
approve

34%

61%

20%

26%

22%

31%

32%

38%

35%

35%

39%

33%

Total dis-approve

39%

18%

65%

35%

50%

27%

39%

40%

36%

39%

33%

38%

Strongly approve

5%

14%

*

1%

1%

5%

4%

7%

5%

7%

7%

8%

Approve

29%

47%

20%

25%

21%

26%

28%

31%

30%

28%

32%

25%

Dis-approve

21%

14%

29%

25%

27%

17%

24%

22%

22%

23%

19%

21%

Strongly dis-approve

18%

4%

36%

10%

23%

10%

15%

18%

14%

16%

14%

17%

Don’t know

27%

22%

15%

38%

28%

43%

29%

22%

29%

26%

28%

29%

34% (up 1% since February) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 39% (up 1%) disapprove – for a net rating of -5 (no change).

61% (down 3%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 18% (up 6%) disapprove.

36% of men and 31% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 44% of men and 35% of women disapprove.

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