Approval of Kevin Rudd
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Kevin Rudd is doing as Prime Minister?
Julia Gillard 11 Jun 13 |
|
Kevin Rudd 15 Jul |
Kevin Rudd 13 Aug |
Kevin Rudd 26 Aug |
|
Kevin Rudd 2 Sep |
|
Total approve |
37% |
50% |
45% |
41% |
42% |
||
Total disapprove |
54% |
35% |
43% |
45% |
47% |
||
Strongly approve |
10% |
18% |
11% |
11% |
13% |
||
Approve |
27% |
32% |
34% |
30% |
29% |
||
Disapprove |
21% |
15% |
21% |
20% |
19% |
||
Strongly disapprove |
33% |
20% |
22% |
25% |
28% |
||
Don’t know |
9% |
16% |
12% |
14% |
11% |
Kevin Rudd’s approval ratings have remained much the same over the past week. 42% (up 1%) approve of the job Kevin Rudd is doing as Prime Minister and 47% (up 2%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -4 to -5.
86% of Labor voters approve (up 4%) and 7% disapprove (down 1%).
By gender – men 46% approve/46% disapprove, women 39% approve/48% disapprove. In net terms this represents a shift with men from -4 to 0 and with women from -5 to -9.
Approval of Kevin Rudd
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Kevin Rudd is doing as Prime Minister?
Julia Gillard 11 Jun 13 |
|
Kevin Rudd 15 Jul |
Kevin Rudd 13 Aug |
|
Kevin Rudd 26 Aug |
|
Total approve |
37% |
50% |
45% |
41% |
||
Total disapprove |
54% |
35% |
43% |
45% |
||
Strongly approve |
10% |
18% |
11% |
11% |
||
Approve |
27% |
32% |
34% |
30% |
||
Disapprove |
21% |
15% |
21% |
20% |
||
Strongly disapprove |
33% |
20% |
22% |
25% |
||
Don’t know |
9% |
16% |
12% |
14% |
Kevin Rudd’s approval ratings have fallen since last measured 2 weeks ago. 41% (down 4%) approve of the job Kevin Rudd is doing as Prime Minister and 45% (up 2%) disapprove – a change in net rating from +2 to -4.
82% of Labor voters approve (down 6%) and 8% disapprove (up 2%).
By gender – men 43% approve/47% disapprove, women 39% approve/44% disapprove. In net terms this represents a shift with men from +6 to -4 and with women from -1 to -5.
Approval of Kevin Rudd
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Kevin Rudd is doing as Prime Minister?
Julia Gillard 11 Jun 13 |
|
Kevin Rudd 15 Jul |
|
Kevin Rudd 13 Aug |
|
Total approve |
37% |
50% |
45% |
||
Total disapprove |
54% |
35% |
43% |
||
Strongly approve |
10% |
18% |
11% |
||
Approve |
27% |
32% |
34% |
||
Disapprove |
21% |
15% |
21% |
||
Strongly disapprove |
33% |
20% |
22% |
||
Don’t know |
9% |
16% |
12% |
Kevin Rudd’s approval ratings have fallen since last measured 4 weeks ago. 45% (down 5%) approve of the job Kevin Rudd is doing as Prime Minister and 43% (up 8%) disapprove – a change in net rating from +15 to +2.
88% of Labor voters approve (up 3%) and 6% disapprove (up 2%).
By gender – men 49% approve/43% disapprove, women 42% approve/43% disapprove. In net terms this represents a shift with men from +19 to +6 and with women from +10 to -1.
Approval of Kevin Rudd
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Kevin Rudd is doing as Prime Minister?
Kevin Rudd 31 May 10 |
Julia Gillard 5 Jul 10 |
|
Julia Gillard 11 Jun 13 |
Kevin Rudd 15 Jul 13 |
|
Total approve |
41% |
48% |
37% |
50% |
|
Total disapprove |
47% |
27% |
54% |
35% |
|
Strongly approve |
7% |
14% |
10% |
18% |
|
Approve |
34% |
34% |
27% |
32% |
|
Disapprove |
25% |
13% |
21% |
15% |
|
Strongly disapprove |
22% |
14% |
33% |
20% |
|
Don’t know |
12% |
26% |
9% |
16% |
Kevin Rudd’s approval ratings are substantially higher than Julia Gillard’s as last measured 5 weeks ago. 50% (up 13%) approve of the job Kevin Rudd is doing as Prime Minister and 35% (down 19%) disapprove – a net rating of +15 compared to Julia Gillard’s -17.
85% of Labor voters approve (up 6%) and 4% disapprove (down 10%).
By gender – men 54% approve/35% disapprove, women 44% approve/34% disapprove.

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