Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Labor Party?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Aug 2015 | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | |||
| Bill Shorten | 27% | 51% | 16% | 19% | 15% | 16% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Anthony Albanese | 11% | 11% | 13% | 10% | 14% | 12% | 14% | 14% | ||
| Tanya Plibersek | 12% | 12% | 12% | 23% | 15% | 13% | 14% | 14% | ||
| Chris Bowen | 3% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 7% | ||
| Someone else | 17% | 6% | 22% | 12% | 29% | 18% | 17% | 18% | ||
| Don’t know | 30% | 17% | 34% | 33% | 22% | 36% | 38% | 32% |
27% (up 12% since March) think Bill Shorten would make the best leader of the Labor Party, 12% (down 2%) prefer Tanya Plibersek and 11% (down 3%) Anthony Albanese. 17% prefer someone else and 30% don’t know.
Among Labor voters, 51% (up 24%) prefer Bill Shorten, 12% (-3%) Tanya Plibersek and 11% (-6%) Anthony Albanese.
Preferences of men were Bill Shorten 29% (+11%), Tanya Plibersek 14% (+4%) and Anthony Albanese 13% (-4%).
Preferences of women were Bill Shorten 25% (+13%), Tanya Plibersek 11% (-7%) and Anthony Albanese 9% (-2%).