Essential Report

Leader Attributes – Tony Abbott

Dec 2, 2014

Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott?

	2 Sep 13 (as Opposition leader)	29 Oct 13	27 May 14	Total 2 Dec	Change
Out of touch with ordinary people	52%	51%	67%	66%	-1
Hard working	71%	67%	57%	62%	+5
Arrogant	52%	54%	63%	61%	-2
Narrow-minded	55%	54%	61%	61%	–
Superficial	48%	49%	57%	54%	-3
Intolerant	47%	49%	55%	53%	-2
Erratic	43%	43%	51%	52%	+1
Intelligent	63%	62%	52%	51%	-1
Aggressive	47%	46%	52%	49%	-3
A capable leader	46%	52%	41%	43%	+2
Good in a crisis	39%	45%	35%	42%	+7
Understands the problems facing Australia	46%	51%	42%	40%	-2
More honest than most politicians	34%	39%	30%	30%	–
Trustworthy	38%	40%	29%	30%	+1
Visionary	35%	33%	31%	27%	-4

Tony Abbott’s key attributes were out of touch with ordinary people (66%), hard working (62%), arrogant (61%) and narrow-minded (61%).

Since May, the largest shifts have been for good in a crisis (+7), hard working (+5) ands visionary (-4).

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