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Leader Attributes – Bill Shorten

May 27, 2014

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

	29 Oct 14	15 Apr	Total 27 May	Change
Intelligent	69%	63%	66%	+3
Hard working	65%	60%	66%	+6
Understands the problems facing Australia	50%	44%	53%	+9
A capable leader	49%	42%	51%	+9
Superficial	37%	43%	42%	-1
Good in a crisis	40%	36%	40%	+4
Out of touch with ordinary people	42%	44%	39%	-5
Trustworthy	34%	32%	36%	+4
Arrogant	35%	40%	36%	-4
Narrow-minded	31%	39%	35%	-4
More honest than most politicians	27%	26%	32%	+6
Erratic	30%	37%	32%	-5
Aggressive	31%	31%	32%	+1
Visionary	33%	28%	30%	+2
Intolerant	30%	32%	29%	-3

Bill Shorten’s key attributes were intelligent (66%), hard working (66%), understands the problems facing Australia (53%) and a capable leader (51%).

Since April, the largest shifts have been for a capable leader (+9), understands the problems facing Australia (+9), hard working (+6) and more honest than most politicians (+6).

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