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Approval of Malcolm Turnbull

6 Oct 2015

Q: Do you approve or disapprove of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister? 

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote Other   Malcolm Turnbull as Opposition leader

Nov 2009

Tony Abbott as PM

Sep 2015

Total approve 47% 38% 70% 40% 24% 25% 33%
Total disapprove 17% 23% 7% 31% 36% 55% 57%
Strongly approve 11% 4% 22% 4% 3% 2% 9%
Approve 36% 34% 48% 36% 21% 23% 24%
Disapprove 11% 16% 4% 22% 20% 33% 25%
Strongly disapprove 6% 7% 3% 9% 16% 22% 32%
Don’t know 35% 37% 22% 29% 40% 19% 10%

47% of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 17% disapprove – a net approval rating of +30.

70% of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 7% disapproving. 38% of Labor voters and 40% of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.

By gender, men were 51% approve/20% disapprove and women 43% approve/16% disapprove.

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