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Better Prime Minister

9 Aug 2016

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

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Sep 2015 Dec 2015 Mar 2016 Jun 2016 Jul 2016
Malcolm Turnbull 40%   10% 83% 21% 31%   53% 54% 48% 40% 39%
Bill Shorten 30%   64% 4% 49% 19%   17% 15% 19% 29% 31%
Don’t know 31%   26% 13% 30% 51%   30% 31% 33% 32% 30%

40% (up 1% in last 4 weeks) of respondents think Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister and 30% (down 1%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.

43% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 31% prefer Bill Shorten.

36% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 28% prefer Bill Shorten.

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