Labor Leadership issue
Q. Who do you think is mainly responsible for the leadership problems of the Labor Party?
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
Kevin Rudd |
18% |
27% |
16% |
21% |
Julia Gillard |
39% |
28% |
55% |
16% |
Other people in the Labor Party |
23% |
23% |
21% |
25% |
The media |
10% |
16% |
4% |
25% |
Don’t know |
10% |
7% |
4% |
12% |
39% of respondents think that Julia Gillard is mainly responsible for the leadership problems of the Labor Party, 23% think other people in the Labor Party are responsible and 18% think Kevin Rudd is responsible. Only 10% think the media are mainly responsible.
A majority (55%) of Liberal/National voters think Julia Gillard is mainly responsible while Labor and Greens voters are fairly evenly divided between Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd and other people in the Labor Party. 25% of Greens voters think that the media are responsible.

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