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Approval of Tony Abbott

11 Jun 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 June  11

12
Dec

12
Jun
12

10 Dec

14
Jan
13

11
Feb

11
Mar

15
Apr

13
May


11 Jun

Total approve

37%

37%

39%

38%

32%

32%

33%

33%

36%

37%

37%

40%

40%

Total disapprove

37%

47%

39%

48%

53%

54%

56%

57%

53%

51%

52%

50%

49%

Strongly approve

5%

8%

9%

6%

6%

6%

8%

8%

7%

7%

8%

9%

10%

Approve

32%

29%

30%

32%

26%

26%

25%

25%

29%

30%

29%

31%

30%

Disapprove

20%

23%

21%

25%

25%

24%

25%

27%

22%

22%

24%

18%

17%

Strongly disapprove

17%

24%

18%

23%

28%

30%

31%

30%

31%

29%

28%

32%

32%

Don’t know

26%

16%

22%

15%

14%

13%

12%

10%

11%

12%

10%

11%

11%

Tony Abbott’s approval ratings also remained much the same as last month. 40% (no change) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 49% (down 1%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -10 to -9 over the last 4 weeks, Tony Abbott’s best rating since July 2011.

80% (up 3%) of Coalition voters approve and 11% (down 2%) disapprove.

By gender – men 44% approve/47% disapprove, women 35% approve/52% disapprove. In net terms this represents a shift with men from -7 to -3 and with women from -13 to -17.

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