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Best leader of the Liberal Party
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 | Feb 2015 | ||||
Tony Abbott | 18% | 21% | 15% | 4% | 41% | 3% | 9% | 18% | 11% | |||
Malcolm Turnbull | 24% | 30% | 18% | 32% | 21% | 34% | 20% | 31% | 24% | |||
Joe Hockey | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 6% | 5% | |||
Julie Bishop | 17% | 11% | 22% | 17% | 17% | 21% | 20% | 4% | 21% | |||
Christopher Pyne | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | |||
Scott Morrison | 3% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 6% | – | 3% | 1% | 2% | |||
Someone else | 13% | 13% | 13% | 17% | 3% | 20% | 28% | 19% | 13% | |||
Don’t know | 22% | 16% | 27% | 24% | 6% | 187% | 17% | 21% | 24% |
24% (no change since February) think Malcolm Turnbull would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 18% prefer Tony Abbott (up 7%) and 17% prefer Julie Bishop (down 4%).
Among Liberal/National voters, 41% (up 18%) prefer Tony Abbott, 21% (down 3%) Malcolm Turnbull and 17% (down 9%) Julie Bishop.
Preferences of men were Malcolm Turnbull 30%, Tony Abbott 21% and Julie Bishop 11%.
Preferences of women were Julie Bishop 22%, Malcolm Turnbull 18% and Tony Abbott 15%.

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