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Best leader of the Liberal Party

4 Aug 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 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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