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Malcolm Turnbull

16 Jan 2018

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote Other   Dec 2017 Sep 2017 June 2017 Mar 2017 Dec  2016 June 2016 Dec 2015
Total Approve 38% 23% 68% 18% 25%   41% 41% 36% 33% 34% 38% 56%
Total Disapprove 45% 62% 20% 68% 65%   44% 46% 45% 50% 46% 40% 23%
Strongly approve 7% 3% 14% 3% 5% 8% 7% 5% 5% 5% 6% 13%
Approve 31% 20% 54% 15% 20% 33% 34% 31% 28% 29% 32% 43%
Disapprove 25% 31% 15% 34% 37% 27% 28% 28% 30% 30% 24% 16%
Strongly disapprove 20% 31% 5% 34% 28% 17% 18% 17% 20% 16% 16% 7%
Don’t know 18%   16% 13% 14% 9%   15% 14% 19% 18% 20% 21% 21%

38% approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister (down 3% from last month), and 45% disapproved (up 1%) – a change in net approval rating from -3 to -7.

68% (down 6%) of Liberal/National voters approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing, compared to 23% of ALP voters and 18% of Greens voters.

By gender, men were 42% approve/48% disapprove and women 34% approve/42% disapprove.

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