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Approval of Tony Abbott

11 Mar 2013

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

18
Jan
10

5
Jul

 

20 Dec

14
Mar
11

14
Jun

12
Sep

12 Dec

12
Mar
12

12
Jun

10 Sep

10
Dec

14
Jan
13

11
Feb

11
Mar

Total approve

37%

37%

39%

38%

38%

39%

32%

36%

32%

32%

33%

33%

36%

37%

Total disapprove

37%

47%

39%

47%

48%

50%

53%

52%

54%

55%

56%

57%

53%

51%

Strongly approve

5%

8%

9%

7%

6%

8%

6%

7%

6%

6%

8%

8%

7%

7%

Approve

32%

29%

30%

31%

32%

31%

26%

29%

26%

26%

25%

25%

29%

30%

Disapprove

20%

23%

21%

24%

25%

23%

25%

23%

24%

26%

25%

27%

22%

22%

Strongly disapprove

17%

24%

18%

23%

23%

27%

28%

29%

30%

29%

31%

30%

31%

29%

Don’t know

26%

16%

22%

16%

15%

11%

14%

12%

13%

13%

12%

10%

11%

12%

37% (up 1%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 51% (down 2%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -17 to -14 over the last 4 weeks.

69% (down 1%) of Coalition voters approve and 20% (down 1%) disapprove.

By gender – men 42% approve/52% disapprove, women 33% approve/51% disapprove. In net terms this represents a shift with men from -13 to -10 and with women from -21 to -18.

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