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 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 | Aug 2018
Turnbull |
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| Scott Morrison | 42% | 16% | 79% | 19% | 51% | 39% | 39% | 41% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 27% | 57% | 6% | 39% | 14% | 27% | 29% | 27% | ||
| Don’t know | 31% | 27% | 15% | 41% | 35% | 34% | 32% | 31% |
42% thought that Scott Morrison would make the better Prime Minister (up 3% from last month), and 27% thought Bill Shorten would be better (no change). 31% did not know who would make a better Prime Minister.
The results were split by party, with 79% 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 (39%) to Scott Morrison (19%).
46% of men prefer Scott Morrison and 31% prefer Bill Shorten.
39% of women prefer Scott Morrison and 22% prefer Bill Shorten.