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 | Sep 2016 | Dec 2016 | Jan 2017 | Feb 2017 | Mar
2017 |
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| Malcolm Turnbull | 39% | 13% | 83% | 9% | 39% | 53% | 54% | 48% | 40% | 41% | 39% | 39% | 39% | 38% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 28% | 60% | 4% | 56% | 16% | 17% | 15% | 19% | 29% | 26% | 28% | 28% | 25% | 26% | ||
| Don’t know | 32% | 27% | 13% | 36% | 46% | 30% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 33% | 33% | 33% | 36% | 36% |
39% (up 1% 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 29% prefer Bill Shorten.
32% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 28% prefer Bill Shorten.