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Better Prime Minister

11 Oct 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 Aug 2016 Sep 2016
Malcolm Turnbull 41%   15% 79% 27% 41%   53% 54% 48% 40% 41%
Bill Shorten 28%   59% 7% 35% 15%   17% 15% 19% 30% 26%
Don’t know 31%   26% 14% 38% 44%   30% 31% 33% 31% 33%

41% (no change in last 4 weeks) of respondents think Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister and 28% (up 2%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.

46% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 32% prefer Bill Shorten.

36% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 25% prefer Bill Shorten.

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