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Approval of Tony Abbott

9 Aug 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 28 Jun 5 Jul 19 Jul 26 Jul 2 Aug 9 Aug
Total approve 37% 45% 33% 39% 35% 40% 37% 40% 35% 38% 40%
Total disapprove 37% 36% 50% 43% 50% 39% 47% 44% 46% 48% 45%
Strongly approve 5% 12% 8% 5% 5% 9% 8% 6% 6% 8% 8%
Approve 32% 33% 25% 34% 30% 31% 29% 34% 29% 30% 32%
Disapprove 20% 20% 28% 24% 28% 20% 23% 22% 22% 27% 25%
Strongly disapprove 17% 16% 22% 19% 22% 19% 24% 22% 24% 21% 20%
Don’t know 26% 18% 16% 18% 16% 20% 16% 16% 19% 14% 15%

40% approve Tony Abbott’s performance as Opposition Leader and 45% disapprove. Since this question was asked last week, approval has increased by 2% and disapproval decreased by 3%. 80% of Liberal/National voters approve and 11% disapprove. Among Labor voters, 14% approve and 77% disapprove.

By gender – men 46% approve/45% disapprove and women 34% approve/47% disapprove.

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