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Preferred Prime Minister

20 Jun 2017

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   May 2017 Apr 2017 Mar 2017 Feb 2017 Jan 2017 Dec 2016 Jun 2016 Dec 2015
Malcolm Turnbull 39%   17% 73% 31% 33%   39% 39% 38% 39% 39% 39% 40% 54%
Bill Shorten 26%   55% 9% 35% 16%   31% 28% 26% 25% 28% 28% 29% 15%
Don’t know 34%   28% 18% 34% 51%   30% 32% 36% 36% 33% 33% 32% 31%


39% thought that Malcolm Turnbull would make a better Prime Minister (unchanged from last month), and 26% thought Bill Shorten would be better (down 5%). 34% did not know who would make a better Prime Minister (up 4%).

The results were split by party, with 73% of Liberal/National voters saying that Malcolm Turnbull would be a better Prime Minister, and 55% of ALP voters saying the Bill Shorten would.

Greens voters narrowly preferred Bill Shorten (35% preferred) to Turnbull (31%).

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