Changing Leaders – Approval

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of Julia Gillard replacing Kevin Rudd as leader of the Labor Party and Prime Minister?

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat
Total approve	47%	68%	36%
Total disapprove	40%	23%	60%
Strongly approve	15%	27%	10%
Approve	32%	41%	26%
Disapprove	19%	11%	26%
Strongly disapprove	21%	12%	34%
Don’t know	12%	9%	5%

Sample = 818

47% approved the change from Kevin Rudd to Julia Gillard as Prime Minister and 40% disapproved. Opinions reflected political party preferences. Labor voters strongly approved the change by 68% to 23% while 60% of Liberal/National voters disapproved and 36% approved. There were no significant differences by gender. However, older respondents were more likely to approve than younger respondents – 55% of those aged 55+ approved and 37% disapproved.