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Leader Attributes – Bill Shorten

Apr 15, 2014

Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten?

	29 Oct 14	Total 15 Apr	Change
Intelligent	69%	63%	-6
Hard working	65%	60%	-5
Understands the problems facing Australia	50%	44%	-6
Out of touch with ordinary people	42%	44%	+2
Superficial	37%	43%	+6
A capable leader	49%	42%	-7
Arrogant	35%	40%	+5
Narrow-minded	31%	39%	+8
Erratic	30%	37%	+7
Good in a crisis	40%	36%	-4
Trustworthy	34%	32%	-2
Intolerant	30%	32%	+2
Aggressive	31%	31%	–
Visionary	33%	28%	-5
More honest than most politicians	27%	26%	-1

Bill Shorten’s key attributes were intelligent (63%), hard working (60%), understands the problems facing Australia (44%) and out of touch with ordinary people (44%). Since October, the largest shifts have been for narrow-minded (+8), a capable leader (-7), erratic (+7), intelligent (-6), understands the problems facing Australia (-6) and superficial (+6).

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