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 | Nov 2018 | Oct 2018 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 | Aug 2018
Turnbull |
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Scott Morrison | 40% | 17% | 77% | 19% | 44% | 41% | 42% | 39% | 39% | 41% | ||
Bill Shorten | 29% | 56% | 7% | 45% | 18% | 29% | 27% | 27% | 29% | 27% | ||
Don’t know | 31% | 27% | 15% | 37% | 39% | 29% | 31% | 34% | 32% | 31% |
40% thought that Scott Morrison would make the better Prime Minister (down 1%pt from last month), and 29% 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 77% of Liberal/National voters saying that Scott Morrison would be a better Prime Minister (down 3%pts from November), and 56% of Labor voters saying Bill Shorten would (down 3%pts from 59% in November).
Greens voters preferred Bill Shorten (45%) to Scott Morrison (19%).
43% of men prefer Scott Morrison and 31% prefer Bill Shorten.
36% of women prefer Scott Morrison and 26% prefer Bill Shorten.