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Best leader of the Liberal Party

3 Feb 2015

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

 

Total

 

Male

Female

 

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote other

 

Jun 2014

Tony Abbott

11%

13%

8%

4%

23%

3%

3%

18%

Malcolm Turnbull

24%

27%

22%

27%

24%

37%

22%

31%

Joe Hockey

5%

4%

5%

6%

4%

5%

3%

6%

Julie Bishop

21%

19%

23%

20%

26%

11%

23%

4%

Christopher Pyne

<1%

1%

<1%

<1%

1%

1%

<1%

Scott Morrison

2%

3%

1%

1%

4%

2%

1%

Someone else

13%

13%

14%

17%

4%

23%

24%

19%

Don’t know

24%

21%

27%

25%

13%

19%

24%

21%

24% (down 7% since June) think Malcolm Turnbull would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 21% prefer Julie Bishop (up 17%), 11% (down 7%) prefer Tony Abbott and 5% (down 1%) Joe Hockey.

Among Liberal/National voters, 26% (up 23%) prefer Julie Bishop, 24% (down 3%) Malcolm Turnbull, 23% (down 20%) Tony Abbott and 4% (down 7%) Joe Hockey.

Preferences of men were Malcolm Turnbull 27%, Julie Bishop 19% and Tony Abbott 13%.

Preferences of women were Julie Bishop 23%, Malcolm Turnbull 22% and Tony Abbott 8%.

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