Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader?
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19 Jul 2010 |
14 June 2011 |
12 Dec 2011 |
16 Jan 2012 |
16 Apr 2012 |
16 Jul 2012 |
Last month 13 Aug 2012 |
This week 10 Sept 2012 |
| Total approve |
40% |
38% |
32% |
35% |
38% |
35% |
36% |
32% |
| Total disapprove |
44% |
48% |
53% |
51% |
50% |
53% |
51% |
55% |
| Strongly approve |
6% |
6% |
6% |
7% |
7% |
7% |
8% |
6% |
| Approve |
34% |
32% |
26% |
28% |
31% |
28% |
28% |
26% |
| Disapprove |
22% |
25% |
25% |
25% |
23% |
23% |
22% |
26% |
| Strongly disapprove |
22% |
23% |
28% |
26% |
27% |
30% |
29% |
29% |
| Don’t know |
16% |
15% |
14% |
13% |
13% |
12% |
13% |
13% |
Tony Abbott’s approval fell 4 points within the last month, from 36% approval in August to 32% this week. His disapproval picked up 4 points from 51% to 55% in the same period. Over the 2 years since July 2010, his disapproval has risen 11 points from 44% to 55%.
There were few significant variations by state, save that respondents in South Australia were significantly more likely to disapprove of the job Abbot is doing as Opposition leader (63%).
Male respondents were more likely to approve of Abbott’s performance (36% approve / 55% disapprove) compared to female respondents (28% approve / 54% disapprove).