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Best leader of the Labor Party

7 Mar 2017

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 Jul 2016 Nov 2016
Bill Shorten 21%   46% 12% 18% 6%   16% 13% 15% 27% 17%
Anthony Albanese 11%   10% 12% 7% 16%   12% 14% 14% 11% 12%
Tanya Plibersek 13%   16% 14% 15% 9%   13% 14% 14% 12% 14%
Chris Bowen 3%   3% 3% 1% 6%   5% 3% 7% 3% 4%
Tony Burke 2%   2% 2% 3% 2%   2%
Someone else 16%   7% 19% 22% 24%   18% 17% 18% 17% 18%
Don’t know 35%   17% 38% 34% 36%   36% 38% 32% 30% 32%

21% (up 4% since November) think Bill Shorten would make the best leader of the Labor Party, 13% (down 1%) prefer Tanya Plibersek and 11% (down 1%) Anthony Albanese. 16% prefer someone else and 35% don’t know.

Among Labor voters, 46% (up 9%) prefer Bill Shorten, 13% (down 3%) Tanya Plibersek and 10% (down 4%) Anthony Albanese.

Preferences of men were Bill Shorten 24% (+5%), Anthony Albanese 13% (-3%) and Tanya Plibersek 12% (-1%).

Preferences of women were Bill Shorten 18% (+2%), Tanya Plibersek 13% (-1%) and Anthony Albanese 8% (-1%).

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