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Opinion of Tony Abbott

5 Sep 2013

Q. Since the election was called has your opinion of Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party gone up or down?

 

Total

 

 

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Total gone up

25%

7%

51%

8%

Total gone down

35%

59%

5%

63%

Gone up a lot

10%

2%

21%

1%

Gone up a little

15%

5%

30%

7%

Stayed the same

35%

32%

42%

27%

Gone down a little

11%

15%

3%

19%

Gone down a lot

24%

44%

2%

44%

Don’t know

5%

2%

3%

1%

25% say their opinion of Tony Abbott has gone up since the election was called and 35% say it has gone down. Views follow party preferences with 51% of Liberal/national voters saying their opinion of Tony Abbott had gone up and 59% of Labor voters saying their opinion had gone down. Greens voters opinions were more likely to have gone down.

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