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Approval of Tony Abbott

14 Apr 2015

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

  Total   Vote Lab Vote Lib/
Nat
Vote Greens Vote Other   Sep 2013 Mar 2014 June 2014 Dec 2014 Jan 2015 Feb 2015 Mar 2015
Total approve 33% 9% 75% 4% 15%   41% 40% 35% 32% 37% 29% 31%
Total dis-
approve
58% 88% 18% 89% 76%   36% 47% 58% 55% 53% 62% 56%
Strongly approve 7% 1% 17% 1% 2% 14% 11% 10% 8% 9% 7% 7%
Approve 26% 8% 58% 3% 13% 27% 29% 25% 24% 28% 22% 24%
Dis-
approve
28% 34% 16% 31% 44% 13% 20% 18% 22% 23% 26% 22%
Strongly dis-
approve
30% 54% 2% 58% 32% 23% 27% 40% 33% 30% 36% 34%
Don’t know 9% 3% 7% 7% 9% 23% 12% 7% 12% 10% 9% 12%

58% of respondents disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – up 2% since the last time this question was asked in March – and 33% approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing (up 2%). This represents no change in his net rating of -25.

75% (up 3%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 18% (down 2%) disapproving. 88% of Labor voters and 89% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.

By gender men were 36% approve/57% disapprove and women 30% approve/59% disapprove.

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