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 | Dec 2018 | Nov 2018 | Oct 2018 | Sep 2018 | Jun 2018 | Mar 2018 | |
Total approve | 35% | 66% | 22% | 29% | 15% | 35% | 38% | 33% | 35% | 33% | 37% |
Total disapprove | 47% | 21% | 68% | 41% | 73% | 43% | 44% | 45% | 43% | 46% | 44% |
Strongly approve | 8% | 20% | 4% | 5% | 1% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 8% |
Approve | 27% | 47% | 19% | 25% | 14% | 27% | 30% | 25% | 27% | 27% | 29% |
Disapprove | 25% | 17% | 30% | 30% | 36% | 21% | 24% | 23% | 21% | 23% | 23% |
Strongly disapprove | 21% | 4% | 38% | 11% | 37% | 22% | 20% | 22% | 22% | 23% | 21% |
Don’t know | 18% | 13% | 10% | 30% | 12% | 22% | 18% | 23% | 22% | 21% | 19% |
35% approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader (no change from last month), and 47% disapproved (up 4%pts from 43%).
66% of ALP voters approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing, compared to 29% of Greens voters and 122 of Liberal/National voters.
By gender, men were 42% approve/46% disapprove and women 29% approve/47% disapprove. Bill Shorten has positive approval among 18-34 year olds, with 41% approving and 34% disapproving. However 57% of those aged over 55 disapprove of his performance as opposition leader, with just 34% approving.