Approval of Julia Gillard

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

	19 Jul 2010	20 Dec 2010	14 Mar 2011	14 June	12 Sept	17 Oct	14 Nov	12 Dec	16 Jan 2012
Total approve	52%	43%	41%	34%	28%	34%	37%	34%	37%
Total disapprove	30%	40%	46%	54%	64%	59%	55%	54%	52%
Strongly approve	11%	10%	7%	6%	5%	7%	8%	6%	6%
Approve	41%	33%	34%	28%	23%	27%	29%	28%	31%
Disapprove	17%	24%	22%	29%	28%	27%	25%	25%	27%
Strongly disapprove	13%	16%	24%	25%	36%	32%	30%	29%	25%
Don’t know	18%	17%	13%	13%	8%	7%	9%	11%	12%

Julia Gillard’s approval rating has improved a little since last month. 37% (up 3%) approve of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister and 52% (down 2%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -20 to -15 over the last 5 weeks. This is the best net rating for the Prime Minister since May last year.

76% of Labor voters approve (up 3%) and 15% disapprove (down 4%).

By gender – men 34% approve/57% disapprove, women 37% approve/47% disapprove.