Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/ |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
Sep 2013 |
Mar 2014 |
June 2014 |
Sep 2014 |
Dec 2014 |
Jan 2015 |
|
| Total approve |
29% |
7% |
65% |
9% |
20% |
|
41% |
40% |
35% |
35% |
32% |
37% |
|
| Total disapprove |
62% |
89% |
29% |
86% |
71% |
|
36% |
47% |
58% |
52% |
55% |
53% |
|
| Strongly approve |
7% |
1% |
16% |
6% |
2% |
14% |
11% |
10% |
9% |
8% |
9% |
||
| Approve |
22% |
6% |
49% |
3% |
18% |
27% |
29% |
25% |
26% |
24% |
28% |
||
| Disapprove |
26% |
24% |
25% |
23% |
37% |
13% |
20% |
18% |
22% |
22% |
23% |
||
| Strongly disapprove |
36% |
65% |
4% |
63% |
34% |
23% |
27% |
40% |
30% |
33% |
30% |
||
| Don’t know |
9% |
4% |
6% |
5% |
9% |
23% |
12% |
7% |
13% |
12% |
10% |
62% of respondents disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – up 9% since the last time this question was asked in January – and 29% approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing (down 8%). This represents a change in net rating from -16 to -33 – his worst since becoming leader of the Liberal Party.
65% (down 18%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 29% (up 19%) disapproving. 89% of Labor voters and 86% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.
By gender men were 34% approve/61% disapprove and women 24% approve/64% disapprove.