15 October 2012, 151012, Approval of Julia Gillard, Julia Gillard
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?
|
|
19 Jul 10 |
20 Dec |
14 Mar |
14 Jun |
12 Sep |
12 Dec |
12 Mar 12 |
12 Jun |
16 |
13 Aug |
10 Sep |
15 Oct |
| Total approve |
52% |
43% |
41% |
34% |
28% |
34% |
32% |
32% |
32% |
31% |
35% |
41% |
| Total disapprove |
30% |
40% |
46% |
54% |
64% |
54% |
61% |
56% |
58% |
57% |
54% |
51% |
| Strongly approve |
11% |
10% |
7% |
6% |
5% |
6% |
8% |
6% |
5% |
7% |
7% |
9% |
| Approve |
41% |
33% |
34% |
28% |
23% |
28% |
24% |
26% |
27% |
24% |
28% |
32% |
| Disapprove |
17% |
24% |
22% |
29% |
28% |
25% |
29% |
22% |
26% |
25% |
27% |
24% |
| Strongly disapprove |
13% |
16% |
24% |
25% |
36% |
29% |
32% |
34% |
32% |
32% |
27% |
27% |
| Don’t know |
18% |
17% |
13% |
13% |
8% |
11% |
7% |
12% |
10% |
13% |
11% |
8% |
Julia Gillard’s approval rating has improved since last month. 41% (up 6%) approve of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister and 51% (down 3%) disapprove – a 9 point change in net rating from -19 to -10. This is Julia Gillard’s best approval rating since May 2011.
87% of Labor voters approve (up 6%) and 9% disapprove (down 2%).
By gender – men 40% approve/54% disapprove, women 43% approve/47% disapprove. In net terms this represents an improvement with men from -29 to -14 and with women from -7 to -4.
15 October 2012, 151012, Approval of Tony Abbott, Opposition leader, tony abbott
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader?
|
18 Jan |
5 Jul
|
20 Dec |
14 Mar |
14 Jun |
12 Sep |
12 Dec |
12 Mar 12 |
12 Jun |
16 Jul |
13 Aug |
10 Sep |
15 Oct |
|
| Total approve |
37% |
37% |
39% |
38% |
38% |
39% |
32% |
36% |
32% |
35% |
36% |
32% |
37% |
| Total disapprove |
37% |
47% |
39% |
47% |
48% |
50% |
53% |
52% |
54% |
53% |
51% |
55% |
54% |
| Strongly approve |
5% |
8% |
9% |
7% |
6% |
8% |
6% |
7% |
6% |
7% |
8% |
6% |
9% |
| Approve |
32% |
29% |
30% |
31% |
32% |
31% |
26% |
29% |
26% |
28% |
28% |
26% |
28% |
| Disapprove |
20% |
23% |
21% |
24% |
25% |
23% |
25% |
23% |
24% |
23% |
22% |
26% |
23% |
| Strongly disapprove |
17% |
24% |
18% |
23% |
23% |
27% |
28% |
29% |
30% |
30% |
29% |
29% |
31% |
| Don’t know |
26% |
16% |
22% |
16% |
15% |
11% |
14% |
12% |
13% |
12% |
13% |
13% |
9% |
Tony Abbott’s approval rating has also improved over the last month. 37% (up 5%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 54% (down 1%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -23 to -17 over the last 5 weeks.
74% (up 11%) of Coalition voters approve and 22% (down 2%) disapprove.
By gender – men 39% approve/55% disapprove, women 35% approve/54% disapprove. In net terms this represents an improvement with men from -19 to -16 and with women from -26 to -19.
15 October 2012, 151012, Abbott, Better PM, Julia Gillard, Prime Minister, tony abbott
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott?
|
5 Jul 10 |
14 Mar 11 |
14 Jun |
12 Sep |
12 Dec |
12 Mar 12 |
12 Jun |
16 Jul |
13 Aug |
10 Sep |
15 Oct |
Vote |
Vote Lib |
Vote Greens |
|
| Julia Gillard |
53% |
44% |
41% |
36% |
39% |
40% |
37% |
37% |
36% |
40% |
43% |
89% |
5% |
77% |
| Tony Abbott |
26% |
33% |
36% |
40% |
35% |
37% |
37% |
38% |
38% |
37% |
36% |
2% |
81% |
2% |
| Don’t know |
21% |
23% |
24% |
24% |
26% |
23% |
26% |
26% |
26% |
24% |
20% |
9% |
14% |
21% |
43% (up 3%) believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 36% (down 1%) prefer Tony Abbott.
Men are evenly split (at 40% each) and women prefer Julia Gillard 47%/33%. Compared to last month’s figures, Julia Gillard’s margin over Tony Abbott has changed 8 points in her favour among men (from 36%/44%) but is unchanged among women (from 44%/30%).
15 October 2012, 151012, interest in US election, US politics, US presidential election 2012
Q. Thinking about United States politics, how much interest do you have in the US Presidential election?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| A lot of interest |
11% |
11% |
11% |
20% |
| Some interest |
27% |
34% |
26% |
28% |
| A little interest |
34% |
29% |
39% |
32% |
| No interest at all |
27% |
25% |
23% |
19% |
| Don’t know |
2% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
38% have some or a lot of interest in the US Presidential election.
Those with highest interest were men (42% some/a lot), Labor voters (45%) and Greens voters (48%). There were no substantial differences across age groups.
15 October 2012, 151012, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, preferred president, upcoming election, US election 2012
Q. Who would you prefer to see win the upcoming Presidential election in the United States?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Barack Obama |
63% |
78% |
53% |
85% |
| Mitt Romney |
9% |
2% |
18% |
1% |
| No difference |
17% |
13% |
17% |
3% |
| Don’t know |
11% |
7% |
13% |
11% |
63% said they would prefer to see Barack Obama win the US Presidential election, 9% favour Mitt Romney and 17% think there is no difference.
All demographic and voter groups strongly favour Barack Obama.
15 October 2012, 151012, right direction, United States, USA, wrong direction
Q. Overall, do you think the United States is heading in the right direction/wrong direction?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Right direction |
39% |
46% |
37% |
45% |
| Wrong direction |
23% |
18% |
29% |
19% |
| Don’t know |
38% |
36% |
34% |
36% |
39% think the US is heading in the right direction, 23% in the wrong direction and 38% don’t know.
46% of Labor voters and 45% of Greens voters think the US is heading in the right direction, while 29% of Liberal/National voters think it is heading in the wrong direction.
15 October 2012, 151012, access to jobs, Australia compared to US, business opportunities, Education, health care, human rights, safety, standard of living, work rights
Q. How do you think Australia compares to the United States on the following:
|
Total better in Australia |
Total better in USA |
A lot better in Australia |
A little better in Australia |
About the same |
A little better in USA |
A lot better in USA |
Don’t know |
|
| Access to health care |
82% |
5% |
61% |
21% |
8% |
3% |
2% |
5% |
| Standard of living for ordinary working people |
74% |
7% |
40% |
34% |
13% |
5% |
2% |
6% |
| Access to jobs |
70% |
5% |
34% |
36% |
17% |
4% |
1% |
7% |
| Public safety |
66% |
4% |
32% |
34% |
22% |
3% |
1% |
7% |
| Wages |
64% |
9% |
34% |
30% |
17% |
7% |
2% |
10% |
| Work rights |
63% |
7% |
34% |
29% |
18% |
5% |
2% |
13% |
| Education standards |
47% |
16% |
20% |
27% |
27% |
12% |
4% |
10% |
| Rights of individuals |
44% |
14% |
19% |
25% |
34% |
10% |
4% |
8% |
| Opportunities to succeed in business |
35% |
22% |
14% |
21% |
32% |
16% |
6% |
12% |
| International influence |
17% |
56% |
8% |
9% |
19% |
21% |
35% |
9% |
The vast majority of respondents think health care, standard of living, access to jobs, public safety, wages and work rights are better in Australia than in the US.
They are somewhat less certain about education standards, individual rights and opportunities to succeed in business – but still think these are better in Australia.
Only on international influence did respondents favour the US.
15 October 2012, 151012, climate change, Essential Report, fluctuation in the earth's climate, normal climate patterns
Q. Do you believe that there is fairly conclusive evidence that climate change is happening and caused by human activity or do you believe that the evidence is still not in and we may just be witnessing a normal fluctuation in the earth’s climate which happens from time to time?
|
Nov 09 |
Dec 10 |
30 May 11 |
14 Jun 11 |
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Climate change is happening and is caused by human activity |
53% |
45% |
52% |
50% |
48% |
67% |
30% |
83% |
| We are just witnessing a normal fluctuation in the earth’s climate |
34% |
36% |
36% |
39% |
39% |
24% |
58% |
10% |
| Don’t know |
13% |
19% |
12% |
12% |
13% |
9% |
13% |
8% |
48% agree that climate change is happening and is caused by human activity and 39% believe that we may just be witnessing a normal fluctuation in the earth’s climate. This is little changed since this question was previously asked in June last year.
By age groups, those aged under 35 split 57%/27% and those aged 55+ split 37%/55%.