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Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd
Q. Do you think that Julia Gillard has been a better or a worse leader than Kevin Rudd?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
Total better | 28% | 47% | 13% | 30% |
Total worse | 33% | 18% | 48% | 35% |
A lot better | 7% | 15% | 2% | 3% |
A little better | 21% | 32% | 11% | 27% |
No difference | 33% | 32% | 37% | 30% |
A little worse | 15% | 10% | 17% | 23% |
A lot worse | 18% | 8% | 31% | 12% |
Don’t know | 6% | 3% | 2% | 5% |
Overall, respondents were split over whether Julia Gillard has been a better or worse leader than Kevin Rudd – 28% thought she had been better, 33% worse and 33% no different.
Labor voters were more likely to think she had been better (47%/18%) while Liberal/National voters though she had been worse (13%/48%). Greens voters were split 30% better/35% worse and 30% no different.
By gender – men split 24% better/37% worse compared to women 31% better/29% worse.

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