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Barnaby Joyce

27 Feb 2018

Q. Do you think Barnaby Joyce should remain as leader of the National Party or should he resign?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote LNP Vote Greens Vote other
Should remain leader of the National party 19%   16% 27% 7% 23%
Should resign as leader but stay in Parliament 26%   21% 35% 27% 27%
Should resign as leader and leave Parliament 34%   44% 23% 44% 38%
Don’t know 21%   19% 15% 21% 12%

 

34% believe that Barnaby Joyce should resign as leader of the National Party and leave Parliament, 26% think he should resign as leader and stay in Parliament and 19% think he should stay as leader. In aggregate, while 60% think he should resign as leader, 45% think he should stay in Parliament.

Among Liberal National voters, 35% think he should resign as leader and stay in Parliament, 27% think he should stay as leader and 23% think he should resign and leave Parliament.

 

Note that Barnaby Joyce announced his resignation as leader while this poll was being conducted – hence some responses occurred before the announcement and some after.

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