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Malcolm Turnbull

14 Aug 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   Jul 2018 Jun 2018 Mar 2018 Dec 2017 Sep 2017 June 2017 Mar 2017
Total approve 42% 19% 83% 36% 18%   43% 42% 41% 41% 41% 36% 33%
Total disapprove 42% 67% 10% 46% 70%   40% 42% 43% 44% 46% 45% 50%
Strongly approve 9% 5% 19% 4% 4% 8% 7% 9% 8% 7% 5% 5%
Approve 33% 14% 64% 32% 14% 35% 34% 32% 33% 34% 31% 28%
Disapprove 23% 35% 7% 22% 34% 22% 23% 26% 27% 28% 28% 30%
Strongly disapprove 19% 32% 3% 24% 36% 18% 18% 17% 17% 18% 17% 20%
Don’t know 16%   14% 7% 17% 13%   17% 16% 16% 15% 14% 19% 18%

42% approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister (down 1% from last month), and 42% disapproved (up 2%) – a change in net approval rating from +3 to 0.

83% (up 4%) of Liberal/National voters approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing, compared to 19% of ALP voters, 36% of Greens and 18% of other voters.

By gender, men were 44% approve/44% disapprove and women 39% approve/39% disapprove.

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