Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?
| Total | Vote ALP |
Vote Lib/Nat | Vote GRN |
Vote other | Jun 2014 | Feb 2015 | Aug 2015 | Sep 2015 | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jul 2016 | Nov 2016 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 20% | 18% | 36% | 15% | 8% | 31% | 24% | 24% | 37% | 42% | 39% | 30% | 21% | ||
| Tony Abbott | 10% | 8% | 15% | 2% | 12% | 18% | 11% | 18% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 11% | ||
| Julie Bishop | 17% | 18% | 19% | 15% | 18% | 4% | 21% | 17% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 16% | 20% | ||
| Christopher Pyne | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 2% | ||
| Scott Morrison | 2% | 1% | 3% | – | 3% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | ||
| Peter Dutton | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 4% | ||||||||||
| Someone else | 18% | 25% | 6% | 32% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 13% | 10% | 9% | 15% | 19% | 18% | ||
| Don’t know | 28% | 27% | 17% | 34% | 29% | 21% | 24% | 22% | 21% | 22% | 21% | 21% | 25% |
20% (down 1% since November) think Malcolm Turnbull would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 17% prefer Julie Bishop (down 3%) and 10% prefer Tony Abbott (down 1%). 18% (no change) prefer someone else.
Among Liberal/National voters, 36% (no change) prefer Malcolm Turnbull, 19% (down 1%) Julie Bishop and 15% (down 4%) prefer Tony Abbott.
Preferences of men were Malcolm Turnbull 22% (-3%), Julie Bishop 16% (-3%) and Tony Abbott 13% (no change).
Preferences of women were Julie Bishop 19% (-3%), Malcolm Turnbull 19% (+2%) and Tony Abbott 7% (-2%).