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Approval of Malcolm Turnbull

12 Jul 2016

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   Dec 2015 Mar 2016 14 Jun 2016 28 Jun 2016
Total approve 37%   13% 75% 19% 18%   56% 45% 38% 40%
Total disapprove 48%   79% 14% 58% 69%   23% 35% 40% 40%
Strongly approve 8% 3% 19% 2% 13% 6% 6% 7%
Approve 29% 10% 56% 17% 18% 43% 39% 32% 33%
Disapprove 27% 41% 10% 29% 41% 16% 24% 24% 22%
Strongly disapprove 21% 38% 4% 29% 28% 7% 11% 16% 18%
Don’t know 16% 8% 11% 23% 13% 21% 21% 21% 20%

37% (down 3% from 2 weeks ago) of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 48% (up 8%) disapprove – a change in net approval rating from 0 to -11.

75% (down 3%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 14% (up 4%) disapproving. 13% (down 7%) of Labor voters and 19% (down 1%) of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.

By gender, men were 40% approve/48% disapprove and women 33% approve/46% disapprove.

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