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Bill Shorten

9 May 2017

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Apr 2017 Mar 2017 Feb 2017 Jan 2017 Dec 2016 Dec 2015 Dec 2014
Total Approve 34% 62% 20% 33% 21%   33% 30% 30% 37% 35% 27% 35%
Total Disapprove 45% 18% 68% 46% 64%   46% 49% 47% 44% 38% 47% 39%
Strongly approve 6% 14% 2% 6% 1% 5% 4% 5% 7% 6% 4% 7%
Approve 28% 48% 18% 27% 20% 28% 26% 25% 30% 29% 23% 28%
Disapprove 26% 15% 33% 37% 33% 26% 26% 27% 25% 21% 26% 23%
Strongly disapprove 19% 3% 35% 9% 31% 20% 23% 20% 19% 17% 21% 16%
Don’t know 22%   20% 12% 21% 15%   22% 22% 22% 20% 25% 25% 26%

34% approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Prime Minister (up 1% from last month), and 45% disapproved (down 1%).

62% of ALP voters approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing, compared to 33% of Greens voters and 20% of Liberal/National voters.

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