Approval of Julia Gillard

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

	19 Jul	20 Dec	17 Jan 2011	14 Feb	14 Mar	11 Apr	9 May	14 June	11 July	15 Aug	12 Sept
Total approve	52%	43%	51%	48%	41%	37%	41%	34%	29%	35%	28%
Total disapprove	30%	40%	36%	41%	46%	50%	48%	54%	62%	55%	64%
Strongly approve	11%	10%	8%	9%	7%	7%	7%	6%	5%	6%	5%
Approve	41%	33%	43%	39%	34%	30%	34%	28%	24%	29%	23%
Disapprove	17%	24%	24%	25%	22%	25%	26%	29%	30%	24%	28%
Strongly disapprove	13%	16%	12%	16%	24%	25%	22%	25%	32%	31%	36%
Don’t know	18%	17%	14%	11%	13%	13%	11%	13%	9%	11%	8%

After improving last month Julia Gillard’s approval rating has dropped back to a level similar to the July result. 28% (down 7%) approve of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister and 64% (up 9%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -20 to -36 over the last 4 weeks.

66% of Labor voters approve (down 11%) and 26% disapprove (up 13%).

By gender – men 29% approve/65% disapprove, women 27% approve/62% disapprove.