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Best leader of the Labor Party

1 Aug 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 Mar 2017
Bill Shorten 20%   34% 14% 18% 13%   16% 13% 15% 27% 17% 21%
Anthony Albanese 13%   15% 16% 10% 14%   12% 14% 14% 11% 12% 11%
Tanya Plibersek 13%   15% 10% 29% 14%   13% 14% 14% 12% 14% 13%
Chris Bowen 4%   4% 6% 2% 5%   5% 3% 7% 3% 4% 3%
Tony Burke 3%   2% 4% 1% 3%   2% 2%
Someone else 13%   7% 16% 8% 25%   18% 17% 18% 17% 18% 16%
Don’t know 34%   23% 35% 32% 26%   36% 38% 32% 30% 32% 35%

 20% (down 1% since March) think Bill Shorten would make the best leader of the Labor Party, 13% (no change) prefer Tanya Plibersek and 13% (up 2%) Anthony Albanese. 13% prefer someone else and 34% don’t know.

Among Labor voters, 34% (down 12%) prefer Bill Shorten, 15% (up 2%) Tanya Plibersek and 15% (up 5%) Anthony Albanese.

Preferences of men were Bill Shorten 23% (-1%), Anthony Albanese 17% (+4%) and Tanya Plibersek 11% (-1%).

Preferences of women were Bill Shorten 17% (-1%), Tanya Plibersek 14% (+1%) and Anthony Albanese 10% (+2%).

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