Approval of Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the performance of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Scott Morrison in handling the issue of asylum seekers?
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Total approve |
39% |
18% |
72% |
7% |
33% |
|
Total disapprove |
39% |
59% |
12% |
83% |
45% |
|
Strongly approve |
13% |
3% |
28% |
5% |
8% |
|
Approve |
26% |
15% |
44% |
2% |
25% |
|
Disapprove |
19% |
26% |
9% |
25% |
25% |
|
Strongly disapprove |
20% |
33% |
3% |
58% |
20% |
|
Don’t know |
22% |
23% |
15% |
9% |
22% |
39% approve of the performance of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Scott Morrison in handling the issue of asylum seekers and 39% disapprove.
Those most likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (72%) and aged 55+ (53%).
Those most likely to disapprove were Labor voters (59%), Greens voters (83%) and aged under 35 (46%).

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