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Approve of Lindsay Tanner, Finance Minister

15 Feb 2010

Q Do you approve or disapprove of the job Lindsay Tanner is doing as Finance Minister?

  %
Total approve 31%
Total disapprove 24%
Net rating +7%
Strongly approve 5%
Approve 26%
Disapprove 18%
Strongly disapprove 6%
Don’t know 45%

31% approve of the job Lindsay Tanner is doing as Finance Minister, 24% disapprove and 45% don’t know.

Results followed party lines – Labor voters were more likely to approve (56%), while Coalition voters were more likely to disapprove (49%).  43% of Green voters approve of the job Tanner is doing as Finance Minister.  

Males were more likely to approve of the job Tanner is doing (39%), while females were more likely to indicate they don’t know (55%). 

 People aged 55 years and over were more likely that those in other age groups to disapprove (36%). 

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