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 | Oct 2018 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 | Aug 2018
Turnbull |
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| Scott Morrison | 41% | 18% | 80% | 16% | 47% | 42% | 39% | 39% | 41% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 29% | 59% | 7% | 46% | 16% | 27% | 27% | 29% | 27% | ||
| Don’t know | 29% | 2w3% | 13% | 37% | 37% | 31% | 34% | 32% | 31% |
41% thought that Scott Morrison would make the better Prime Minister (down 1% from last month), and 29% thought Bill Shorten would be better (up 2%). 29% did not know who would make a better Prime Minister.
The results were split by party, with 80% of Liberal/National voters saying that Scott Morrison would be a better Prime Minister, and 59% of Labor voters saying Bill Shorten would.
Greens voters preferred Bill Shorten (46%) to Scott Morrison (16%).
45% of men prefer Scott Morrison and 33% prefer Bill Shorten.
37% of women prefer Scott Morrison and 26% prefer Bill Shorten.