Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Aug 2018 | Jul 2018 | Jun 2018 | Mar 2018 | Dec 2017 | Sep 2017 | Jun 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | |||
| Scott Morrison | 39% | 17% | 76% | 17% | 40% | 41% | 42% | 41% | 41% | 42% | 43% | 39% | 38% | 39% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 29% | 57% | 8% | 49% | 15% | 27% | 25% | 27% | 26% | 28% | 29% | 26% | 26% | 28% | ||
| Don’t know | 32% | 25% | 16% | 34% | 45% | 31% | 34% | 32% | 33% | 31% | 28% | 34% | 36% | 33% |
39% thought that Scott Morrison would make the better Prime Minister (down 2% from Malcolm Turnbull’s rating last month), and 29% thought Bill Shorten would be better (up 2%). 32% did not know who would make a better Prime Minister.
The results were split by party, with 76% of Liberal/National voters saying that Scott Morrison would be a better Prime Minister, and 57% of Labor voters saying Bill Shorten would.
Greens voters preferred Bill Shorten (49%) to Scott Morrison (17%).
43% of men prefer Scott Morrison and 31% prefer Bill Shorten.
34% of women prefer Scott Morrison and 27% prefer Bill Shorten.
Note: figures up to August 2018 refer to Malcolm Turnbull vs Bill Shorten