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Better Prime Minister

11 Feb 2014

Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?

 

Total

 

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote other/

indep-endent

 

22 Oct 2013

12 Nov

10 Dec

14 Jan 2014

Tony Abbott

40%

9%

83%

14%

17%

41%

42%

43%

42%

Bill Shorten

30%

64%

1%

50%

22%

22%

27%

33%

31%

Don’t know

31%

26%

16%

36%

60%

37%

31%

24%

27%

40%  (down 2%) think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 30% (down 1%) favour Bill Shorten. 31% (up 4%) could not make a choice.

Tony Abbott is favoured 43%/29% among men and 36%/30% among women.

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