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Leader attributes – Scott Morrison

2 Mar 2021

Q.  Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison?

  Total Change from May’20 May’20 Jan’20 Oct’19 Dec’18
Good in a crisis 59% -7% 66% 32% 51% 41%
Trustworthy 52% -4% 56% 40% 43% 39%
More honest than most politicians 50% -1% 51% 39% 44% 39%
Visionary 41% -7% 48% 30% 42% 38%
Out of touch with ordinary people 56% +9% 47% 62% 56% 54%
Avoids responsibility 49%
In control of their team 56%
Base (n) 1,074 1,059 1,081 1,088 1,026
  •  Over half (56%) now think Scott Morrison is out of touch with ordinary people. This is up 9 percentage points since May’20 (47%).
  • Fewer Australians think the Prime Minister is good in a crisis (down 7 percentage points since May’20 to 59%) and that he is visionary (also down 7% percentage points since May’20 to 41%).
  • Less people also think he is trustworthy (down 4 percentage points to 52%) and about the same number think he is more honest than most politicians (50%).
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