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Better Prime Minister

9 Dec 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

 

Oct 2013

Mar 2014

June 2014

Sep 2014

Oct 2014

Nov 2014

Tony Abbott

31%

4%

74%

3%

22%

41%

39%

36%

35%

38%

36%

Bill Shorten

36%

73%

6%

62%

24%

22%

33%

40%

36%

32%

34%

Don’t know

33%

23%

20%

34%

54%

37%

28%

24%

30%

30%

29%

31% (down 5% since November) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 36% (up 2%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.

35% of men prefer Tony Abbott and 35% prefer Bill Shorten – and women prefer Bill Shorten 37% to 27%.

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