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Performance of Anthony Albanese

11 Aug 2020

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Anthony Albanese is doing as Opposition Leader?

Aug’20 Jul’20 Jun’20 May’20 Apr’20 Mar’20 Feb’20 Jan’20 Dec’19 Nov’19 Oct’19 Sep’19
TOTAL: Approve 44% 44% 43% 42% 44% 41% 41% 43% 39% 37% 40% 36%
TOTAL: Disapprove 30% 28% 30% 27% 29% 33% 31% 30% 28% 34% 29% 31%
Don’t know 25% 28% 26% 31% 27% 26% 28% 27% 33% 29% 31% 33%
Base (n) 1,010 1,054 1,059 1,093 1,069 1,096 1,056 1,081 1,035 1,075 1,088 1,093

 

  Total Federal Voting Intention
Labor Coalition Greens TOTAL: Other
Strongly approve 11% 22% 6% 8% 2%
Approve 33% 47% 31% 46% 15%
Disapprove 20% 13% 28% 15% 26%
Strongly disapprove 10% 2% 18% 8% 21%
Don’t know 25% 15% 18% 23% 36%
TOTAL: Approve 44% 70% 36% 53% 17%
TOTAL: Disapprove 30% 15% 46% 24% 47%
Base (n) 1,010 311 413 78 94

 

  • The Opposition Leader’s approval rating is consistent this month, at 44%, the same in July (44%).
  • Albanese’s approval among Labor voters remains relatively low at 70%, compared to Morrison’s approval among Coalition voters (91%).
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