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Performance of Anthony Albanese compared to expectations

10 Dec 2019

Q. Since the federal election in May 2019, how has the performance of Anthony Albanese compared to your expectations?

  Performance of Anthony Albanese Federal Voting Intention
Total NET: Approve NET: Disapprove Don’t know Labor Coalition Greens NET: Other
Has exceeded my expectations 8% 16% 3% 2% 11% 6% 10% 6%
Has met my expectations 48% 67% 21% 50% 55% 47% 46% 30%
Has fallen short of my expectations 44% 18% 77% 48% 34% 47% 44% 64%
Base (n) 1,035 441 461 133 339 356 106 116
  • Less than half of participants say that Anthony Albanese has met their expectations since the election, with 77% of those who disapprove of his performance saying he fell short of their expectations.
  • Labor voters are most likely to say that he has met their expectations (55%) whereas 64% of other party or independent voters say he has fallen short of their expectations.
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