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Preferred Prime Minister

27 Aug 2018

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

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