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Attributes of Malcolm Turnbull

15 Mar 2016

Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull?

  Total   Sep 2015   Difference
Intelligent 79%   81%   -2
Hard-working 68%   71%   -3
A capable leader 64%   70%   -6
Understands the problems facing Australia 53%   63%   -10
Out of touch with ordinary people 53%   46%   +7
Good in a crisis 52%   59%   -7
Arrogant 45%   47%   -2
Visionary 44%   51%   -7
Trustworthy 44%   44%  
Superficial 43%   37%   +6
More honest than most politicians 41%   39%   +2
Narrow-minded 33%   30%   +3
Erratic 27%   24%   +3
Intolerant 26%   28%   -2
Aggressive 24%   38%   -14

Malcolm Turnbull’s key attributes were intelligent (79%), hard working (68%), a capable leader (64%), understands the problems facing Australia (53%) and out of touch with ordinary people (53%).

Since September, the main changes have been for aggressive (down 14%), understands the problems facing Australia (down 10%), out of touch with ordinary people (up 7%), good in a crisis (down 7%) and visionary (down 7%).

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