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 | Aug 2016 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 41% | 14% | 85% | 24% | 31% | 53% | 54% | 48% | 40% | 39% | 40% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 26% | 59% | 2% | 35% | 16% | 17% | 15% | 19% | 29% | 31% | 30% | ||
| Don’t know | 33% | 27% | 13% | 42% | 53% | 30% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 30% | 31% |
41% (up 1% in last 4 weeks) of respondents think Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister and 26% (down 4%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.
48% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 27% prefer Bill Shorten.
34% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 25% prefer Bill Shorten.