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Approval of Tony Abbott

20 Dec 2010

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

18 Jan 22 Feb 29 Mar 3 May 31 May 5 Jul 2 Aug 16 Aug 20 Sep 18 Oct 22 Nov 20 Dec
Total approve 37% 45% 33% 39% 35% 37% 38% 41% 43% 39% 40% 39%
Total disapprove 37% 36% 50% 43% 50% 47% 48% 44% 37% 45% 40% 39%
Strongly approve 5% 12% 8% 5% 5% 8% 8% 9% 12% 8% 6% 9%
Approve 32% 33% 25% 34% 30% 29% 30% 32% 31% 31% 34% 30%
Disapprove 20% 20% 28% 24% 28% 23% 27% 22% 21% 22% 22% 21%
Strongly disapprove 17% 16% 22% 19% 22% 24% 21% 22% 16% 23% 18% 18%
Don’t know 26% 18% 16% 18% 16% 16% 14% 15% 19% 17% 19% 22%

39% (down 1%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 39% (down 1%) disapprove – no net change from last month.

67% of Coalition voters approve and 16% disapprove.

By gender – men 44% approve/39% disapprove, women 34% approve/38% disapprove.

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