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.