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  • Sep, 2013

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    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.

  • Aug, 2013

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    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.

  • Aug, 2013

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    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.

  • Jul, 2013

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    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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