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Approval of Bill Shorten

10 Jun 2015

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

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote Other

 

 

June 2014

Sep 2014

Dec 2014

Mar 2015

Apr 2015

May 2015

Total approve

32%

58%

14%

33%

20%

 

 

38%

35%

35%

34%

33%

32%

Total disapprove

45%

23%

70%

38%

60%

 

 

40%

36%

39%

39%

42%

41%

Strongly approve

6%

13%

3%

2%

1%

 

 

7%

5%

7%

5%

6%

4%

Approve

26%

45%

11%

31%

19%

 

 

31%

30%

28%

29%

27%

28%

Disapprove

27%

20%

34%

34%

31%

 

 

22%

22%

23%

21%

25%

23%

Strongly disapprove

18%

3%

36%

4%

29%

 

 

18%

14%

16%

18%

17%

18%

Don’t know

22%

19%

16%

29%

19%

 

 

22%

29%

26%

27%

25%

27%

32% (no change since May) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 45% (up 4%) disapprove – a change in his net rating from -9 to -13, his lowest since becoming leader.

58% (up 2%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 23% (up 2%) disapprove. 35% of men and 30% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 50% of men and 41% of women disapprove.

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