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Liberal party Leadership
Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?
27 Sep 10 | 28 February 2011 | ||||
Total | Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
Tony Abbott | 26% | 24% | 9% | 45% | 1% |
Malcolm Turnbull | 20% | 18% | 24% | 16% | 29% |
Joe Hockey | 15% | 16% | 18% | 17% | 17% |
Julie Bishop | 5% | 4% | 6% | 2% | 4% |
Andrew Robb | na | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
Someone else | na | 14% | 18% | 8% | 27% |
Don’t know | 33% | 22% | 23% | 10% | 20% |
24% of respondents believed that Tony Abbott is the best leader of the Liberal Party, 18% prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 16% Joe Hockey.
Tony Abbott is preferred by 45% of Liberal/National voters while Malcolm Turnbull is preferred by Labor (24%) and Greens voters (29%).
Tony Abbott is more preferred by men (30%) – women are split between Tony Abbott (19%) and Joe Hockey (19%). 23% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull compared to 14% of women.
These figures are little changed since the question was last asked in September 2010.

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