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Approval of the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott

3 May 2010

Q. Do you strongly approve, approve, disapprove or strongly disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader?

  Malcolm Turnbull Tony Abbott
  30 Mar 09 29 Jun 09 28 Sept 09 30 Nov 09 14 Dec 09 18 Jan 10 22 Feb 10 29 Mar 10 3 May 10
Strongly approve 3% 4% 3% 2% 7% 5% 12% 8% 5%
Approve 25% 20% 24% 23% 27% 32% 33% 25% 34%
Disapprove 31% 31% 35% 33% 18% 20% 20% 28% 24%
Strongly disapprove 17% 26% 18% 22% 18% 17% 16% 22% 19%
Don’t know 24% 19% 21% 19% 31% 26% 18% 16% 18%
Total approve 28% 24% 27% 25% 34% 37% 45% 33% 39%
Total disapprove 48% 57% 53% 55% 36% 37% 36% 50% 43%

Tony Abbott’s approval rating regained some of the large decline recorded in the previous poll.  39% approve (up 6%) of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 43% disapprove (down 7%).

 74% of Liberal/National voters approve and 18% disapprove. 23% of Labor voters approve and 66% disapprove.

 Those aged over 55 are more likely to approve – 49% approve and 41% disapprove.

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