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Better Prime Minister

8 Apr 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

14 Jan 2014

11 Feb

11 Mar

Tony Abbott

42%

9%

88%

14%

29%

41%

42%

42%

40%

39%

Bill Shorten

32%

67%

3%

54%

23%

22%

27%

31%

30%

33%

Don’t know

26%

25%

8%

31%

49%

37%

31%

27%

31%

28%

42%  (up 3%) think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 32% (down 1%) favour Bill Shorten. 26% could not make a choice.

Tony Abbott is favoured 47%/29% among men and 37%/34% among women.

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