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Preferred Prime Minister

15 Dec 2020

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

  Dec’20 Nov’20 Oct’20 Sep’20 Aug’20 Jul’20 Jun’20 May’20 Apr’20 Mar’20 Feb’20 Jan’20
Scott Morrison 50% 53% 50% 49% 52% 50% 53% 50% 46% 40% 36% 36%
Anthony Albanese 24% 24% 25% 26% 22% 27% 23% 25% 27% 35% 36% 39%
Don’t know 26% 24% 25% 25% 26% 23% 24% 25% 27% 25% 28% 25%
Base (n) 1,071 1,010 1,082 1,076 1,010 1,054 1,059 1,093 1,069 1,096 1,056 1,081

 

    Federal Voting Intention
Total Labor Coalition Greens TOTAL: Other
Scott Morrison 50% 27% 84% 36% 53%
Anthony Albanese 24% 46% 8% 34% 19%
Don’t know 26% 28% 8% 31% 28%
Base (n) 1,071 356 406 102 107
  • Half of participants believe that Scott Morrison would make a better PM than Anthony Albanese (50%), while a quarter would prefer the opposition leader (24%). A further quarter (26%) 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 (8%).
  • Over half of Labor voters believe Albanese would make the better PM (46%). 28% of Labor voters said they don’t know who would make the better leader.
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