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Approval of Julia Gillard

2 Aug 2010

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

Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard
30 Mar 09 29 Jun 09 28 Sept 09 14 Dec 09 29 Mar 10 31 May 10 5 Jul 10 19 Jul 10 26 Jul 10 2 Aug 10
Total approve 71% 62% 66% 57% 53% 41% 48% 52% 49% 46%
Total disapprove 21% 29% 23% 32% 36% 47% 27% 30% 33% 38%
Strongly approve 21% 14% 15% 10% 12% 7% 14% 11% 12% 10%
Approve 50% 48% 51% 47% 41% 34% 34% 41% 37% 36%
Disapprove 14% 18% 17% 20% 22% 25% 13% 17% 19% 23%
Strongly disapprove 7% 9% 6% 12% 14% 22% 14% 13% 14% 15%
Don’t know 9% 11% 11% 10% 12% 12% 26% 18% 17% 15%

46% approve Julia Gillard’s performance as Prime Minister and 38% disapprove. Since this question was asked last week, approval has decreased by 3% and disapproval increased by 5%. 87% of Labor voters approve and only 5% disapprove. Among Liberal/National voters, 11% approve and 77% disapprove.

By gender – men 44% approve/44% disapprove and women 48% approve/33% disapprove.

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