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Preferred Prime Minister

14 Jul 2020

Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese?

Jul’20 Jun’20 May’20 Apr’20 Mar’20 Feb’20 Jan’20 Nov’19 Oct’19 Sep’19 Aug’19 Jul’19
Scott Morrison 50% 53% 50% 46% 40% 36% 36% 44% 43% 46% 44% 44%
Anthony Albanese 27% 23% 25% 27% 35% 36% 39% 28% 28% 25% 28% 26%
Don’t know 23% 24% 25% 27% 25% 28% 25% 29% 29% 29% 28% 31%
Base (n) 1,054 1,059 1,093 1,069 1,096 1,056 1,081 1,075 1,088 1,093 1,096 1,091

 

    Federal Voting Intention
Total Labor Coalition Greens TOTAL: Other
Scott Morrison 50% 27% 84% 17% 52%
Anthony Albanese 27% 50% 11% 45% 17%
Don’t know 23% 23% 6% 38% 30%
Base (n) 1,054 299 420 108 125

 

  • Half of participants believe that Scott Morrison would make a better PM than Anthony Albanese (50% to 27%). Around a quarter (23%) of participants don’t know who would make the better PM.
  • Morrison is strongly favoured by Coalition voters, with 84% believing Morrison makes the better PM, compared to Albanese (11%).
  • Half of Labor voters believe Albanese would make the better PM (50%) compared to Morrison (27%). 23% said they didn’t know who would make the better leader.
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