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Approval of Tony Abbott

16 Jan 2012

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

18 Jan

2010

5 Jul

2010

20 Dec 2010 14 Mar

2011

14 June 12 Sept 17 Oct 14 Nov 12 Dec 16 Jan 2012
Total approve 37% 37% 39% 38% 38% 39% 40% 36% 32% 35%
Total disapprove 37% 47% 39% 47% 48% 50% 51% 52% 53% 51%
Strongly approve 5% 8% 9% 7% 6% 8% 8% 6% 6% 7%
Approve 32% 29% 30% 31% 32% 31% 32% 30% 26% 28%
Disapprove 20% 23% 21% 24% 25% 23% 23% 26% 25% 25%
Strongly disapprove 17% 24% 18% 23% 23% 27% 28% 26% 28% 26%
Don’t know 26% 16% 22% 16% 15% 11% 9% 12% 14% 13%

Tony Abbott’s approval rating has also improved a little over the last month. 35% (up 3%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 51% (down 2%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -21 to -16 over the last 5 weeks.

68% (up 3%) of Coalition voters approve and 21% (down 1%) disapprove.

By gender – men 41% approve/49% disapprove, women 29% approve/53% disapprove.

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