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 |
Aug 2015 |
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Malcolm Turnbull |
37% |
44% |
30% |
38% |
47% |
41% |
20% |
31% |
24% |
24% |
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Tony Abbott |
9% |
10% |
8% |
7% |
14% |
1% |
12% |
18% |
11% |
18% |
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Joe Hockey |
2% |
2% |
3% |
2% |
4% |
1% |
1% |
6% |
5% |
3% |
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Julie Bishop |
14% |
11% |
17% |
19% |
10% |
18% |
17% |
4% |
21% |
17% |
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Christopher Pyne |
1% |
2% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
1% |
– |
<1% |
<1% |
1% |
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Scott Morrison |
4% |
5% |
4% |
2% |
8% |
1% |
3% |
1% |
2% |
3% |
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Someone else |
10% |
9% |
11% |
11% |
4% |
16% |
29% |
19% |
13% |
13% |
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Don’t know |
21% |
17% |
26% |
20% |
12% |
21% |
19% |
21% |
24% |
22% |
37% (up 13% since August) think Malcolm Turnbull would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 14% prefer Julie Bishop (down 3%) and 9% prefer Tony Abbott (down 9%).
Among Liberal/National voters, 47% (up 26%) prefer Malcolm Turnbull, 14% (down 27%) prefer Tony Abbott and 10% (down 7%) Julie Bishop.
Preferences of men were Malcolm Turnbull 44% (+14%), Tony Abbott 10% (-11%) and Julie Bishop 11% (no change). Preferences of women were Malcolm Turnbull 30% (+12%), Julie Bishop 17% (-5%) and Tony Abbott 8% (-7%).