Approval of the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott

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.