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Performance of Scott Morrison

11 Aug 2020

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

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 66% 63% 65% 64% 59% 41% 39% 40% 45% 45% 47% 49%
TOTAL: Disapprove 23% 27% 26% 27% 31% 49% 52% 52% 43% 41% 38% 36%
Don’t know 11% 10% 8% 9% 10% 10% 9% 8% 13% 13% 15% 15%
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 24% 15% 46% 2% 14%
Approve 42% 40% 45% 39% 47%
Disapprove 14% 20% 4% 37% 16%
Strongly disapprove 9% 15% 2% 17% 10%
Don’t know 11% 10% 4% 5% 14%
TOTAL: Approve 66% 56% 91% 40% 61%
TOTAL: Disapprove 23% 35% 6% 54% 26%
Base (n) 1,010 311 413 78 94

 

  • The Prime Minister’s approval rating is on par with the previous month, now at 66% compared to 63% in July.
  • Approval of the Prime Minister among is at 91% among Coalition supporters, over half among Labor voters (56%) but lower among Greens voters (40%). 61% of those intending to vote for a minor party or independent candidate approve of the PM.
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