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Approval of Julia Gillard

17 Jan 2011

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?

Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard
31 May 5 Jul 19 Jul 16 Aug 20 Sep 18 Oct 22 Nov 20 Dec 17 Jan 2011
Total approve 41% 48% 52% 46% 45% 45% 43% 43% 51%
Total disapprove 47% 27% 30% 40% 37% 37% 38% 40% 36%
Strongly approve 7% 14% 11% 13% 12% 10% 7% 10% 8%
Approve 34% 34% 41% 33% 33% 36% 36% 33% 43%
Disapprove 25% 13% 17% 24% 21% 20% 23% 24% 24%
Strongly disapprove 22% 14% 13% 16% 16% 17% 15% 16% 12%
Don’t know 12% 26% 18% 13% 19% 18% 18% 17% 14%

51% (up 8%) approve of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister and 36% (down 4%) disapprove – a change in net rating from +3 to +15 over the last 4 weeks.

89% of Labor voters approve and 6% disapprove.

By gender – men 51% approve/37% disapprove, women 50% approve/35% disapprove.

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