Q. Do you think Tony Abbott is the best person to lead the Liberal Party to the next election or would the Liberal Party have a better chance of winning the next election if they changed leaders?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | |
Tony Abbott is the best person to lead the Liberal Party to the next election | 29% | 14% | 62% |
The Liberal Party would have a better chance of winning the next election if they changed leaders | 47% | 65% | 25% |
Don’t know | 24% | 21% | 13% |
47% of respondents thought the Liberal Party would have a better chance of winning the next election if they changed leader – 29% thought Tony Abbott was the best person to be leader.
Liberal/National voters supported Tony Abbott as leader by 62% to 25%. 79% of Greens voters and 49% of other/independent voters thought the Liberal Party should change their leader. Men (34%) and those aged 65+ (34%) were the strongest supporters of Tony Abbott remaining as leader.