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Performance of Scott Morrison

7 Apr 2020

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Scott Morrison is doing as Prime Minister?

Apr’20 Mar’20 Feb’20 Jan’20 Dec’19 Nov’19 Oct’19 Sep’19 Aug’19 Jul’19
NET: Approve 59% 41% 39% 40% 45% 45% 47% 49% 48% 48%
NET: Disapprove 31% 49% 52% 52% 43% 41% 38% 36% 37% 34%
Don’t know 10% 10% 9% 8% 13% 13% 15% 15% 16% 18%
Base (n) 1,069 1,096 1,056 1,081 1,035 1,075 1,088 1,093 1,096 1,091

 

  Total Federal Voting Intention
Labor Coalition Greens NET: Other
Strongly approve 20% 8% 45% 2% 9%
Approve 39% 37% 42% 27% 39%
Disapprove 20% 27% 8% 33% 27%
Strongly disapprove 11% 18% 2% 22% 15%
Don’t know 10% 10% 4% 15% 10%
NET: Approve 59% 46% 87% 30% 49%
NET: Disapprove 31% 45% 10% 56% 42%
Base (n) 1,069 333 387 102 122
  • The Prime Minister’s approval rating has jumped up in the past month from 46% to 59% – the highest approval rating recorded for Scott Morrison.
  • The proportion of people strongly approving of the job he’s doing has increased from 11% to 20%, while those strongly disapproving has gone down from 26% to 11%.
  • Approval of the Prime Minister among Labor voters is up (from 19% to 46%) and Greens voters (from 16% to 30%). While support has strengthened among his own voter base, with Coalition voters more likely to strongly approve of him (23% to 45%).
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