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Better Prime Minister

10 Jun 2015

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

Dec 2014

Mar 2015

Apr 2015

May 2015

Tony Abbott

38%

9%

82%

8%

36%

41%

39%

36%

35%

31%

33%

32%

35%

Bill Shorten

33%

66%

3%

57%

22%

22%

33%

40%

36%

36%

37%

35%

32%

Don’t know

29%

25%

15%

36%

42%

37%

28%

24%

30%

33%

30%

33%

33%

38% (up 3% since May) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 33% (up 1%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister. This is Tony Abbott’s best result since October last year.

43% of men prefer Tony Abbott and 32% prefer Bill Shorten – and women prefer Bill Shorten 34% to 33%.

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