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Best leader of the Liberal Party

5 Dec 2017

Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Jun 2014 Aug 2015 Mar 2016 Nov 2016 Mar 2017 Aug 2017
Malcolm Turnbull 21% 17% 40% 14% 6% 31% 24% 39% 21% 20% 25%
Tony Abbott 10% 8% 13% 9% 11% 18% 18% 9% 11% 10% 10%
Julie Bishop 19% 19% 20% 19% 24% 4% 17% 12% 20% 17% 20%
Christopher Pyne 2% 3% 2% 1% 2% <1% 1% 1% 2% 2% 3%
Scott Morrison 2% 2% 3% 1% 2% 1% 3% 2% 3% 2% 2%
Peter Dutton 4% 2% 4% 4% 5% 2% 3%
Someone else 15% 21% 4% 23% 25% 19% 13% 15% 18% 18% 13%
Don’t know 27% 29% 14% 28% 25% 21% 22% 21% 25% 28% 25%

 

21% (down 4% since August) think Malcolm Turnbull would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 19% prefer Julie Bishop (down 1%) and 10% prefer Tony Abbott (no change). 15% (up 2%) prefer someone else.

Among Liberal/National voters, 40% (no change) prefer Malcolm Turnbull, 20% (up 1%) Julie Bishop and 13% (no change) prefer Tony Abbott.

Preferences of men were Malcolm Turnbull 24% (-5%), Julie Bishop 18% (-) and Tony Abbott 13% (+1%).

Preferences of women were Julie Bishop 20% (-1%), Malcolm Turnbull 18% (-2%) and Tony Abbott 8% (-).

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