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.