Approval of Malcolm Turnbull

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	Jun 2016	Dec 2016	Jan 2017	Feb 2017	Mar 2017
Total approve	35%		20%	74%	15%	19%		56%	45%	38%	34%	37%	34%	33%
Total disapprove	47%		65%	18%	75%	68%		23%	35%	40%	46%	48%	49%	50%
Strongly approve	5%		4%	11%	–	1%		13%	6%	6%	5%	6%	5%	5%
Approve	30%		16%	63%	15%	18%		43%	39%	32%	29%	31%	29%	28%
Disapprove	29%		36%	16%	41%	41%		16%	24%	24%	30%	30%	28%	30%
Strongly disapprove	18%		29%	2%	34%	27%		7%	11%	16%	16%	18%	21%	20%
Don’t know	17%		15%	7%	9%	13%		21%	21%	21%	20%	16%	16%	18%

 

35% (up 2% from 4 weeks ago) of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 47% (down 3%) disapprove – a change in net approval rating from -17 to -12.

 

74% (up 7%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 18% (down 3%) disapproving. 20% (down 4%) of Labor voters and 15% (down 2%) of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.

By gender, men were 40% approve/51% disapprove and women 32% approve/44% disapprove.