Preferred Prime Minister

Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten? 

	Total		Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Vote other		Apr 2017	Mar 2017	Feb 2017	Jan 2017	Dec 2016	Jun 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014
Malcolm Turnbull	39%		11%	85%	12%	34%		39%	38%	39%	39%	39%	40%	54%	54%
Bill Shorten	31%		61%	4%	59%	17%		28%	26%	25%	28%	28%	29%	15%	15%
Don’t know	30%		27%	11%	30%	49%		32%	36%	36%	33%	33%	32%	31%	31%

39% thought that Malcolm Turnbull would make a better Prime Minister (unchanged from last month), and 31% thought Bill Shorten would be better (up 3%).

The results were split by party, with 85% of Liberal/National voters saying that Malcolm Turnbull would be a better Prime Minister, and 61% of ALP voters saying the Bill Shorten would.

Greens voters preferred Bill Shorten (59% preferred) to Turnbull (12%).