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Performance of Anthony Albanese

Oct 20, 2020

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

	Oct’20	Sep’20	Aug’20	Jul’20	Jun’20	May’20	Apr’20	Mar’20	Feb’20	Jan’20	Dec’19	Nov’19
TOTAL: Approve	44%	44%	44%	44%	43%	42%	44%	41%	41%	43%	39%	37%
TOTAL: Disapprove	29%	29%	30%	28%	30%	27%	29%	33%	31%	30%	28%	34%
Don’t know	27%	27%	25%	28%	26%	31%	27%	26%	28%	27%	33%	29%
Base (n)	1,082	1,076	1,010	1,054	1,059	1,093	1,069	1,096	1,056	1,081	1,035	1,075

	Total	Federal Voting Intention
	Total	Labor	Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
Strongly approve	10%	15%	7%	16%	11%
Approve	33%	50%	27%	27%	30%
Disapprove	20%	12%	30%	16%	19%
Strongly disapprove	10%	1%	18%	4%	19%
Don’t know	27%	21%	18%	36%	20%
TOTAL: Approve	44%	65%	34%	43%	41%
TOTAL: Disapprove	29%	13%	47%	21%	38%
Base (n)	1,082	352	421	84	123

The Opposition Leader’s approval rating remains consistent for the fourth consecutive month at 44%.
Albanese’s approval among Labor voters is steady at 65% following the decline from 70% to 62% between July and August. The proportion of Labor voters who strongly approve of his performance remains at 15%.

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