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Approval of Kevin Rudd replacing Julia Gillard
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of Kevin Rudd replacing Julia Gillard as leader of the Labor Party?
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
Total approve |
55% |
77% |
40% |
48% |
|
Total disapprove |
31% |
13% |
49% |
37% |
|
Strongly approve |
24% |
45% |
12% |
8% |
|
Approve |
31% |
32% |
28% |
40% |
|
Disapprove |
15% |
8% |
22% |
23% |
|
Strongly disapprove |
16% |
5% |
27% |
14% |
|
Don’t know |
14% |
10% |
12% |
16% |
55% approve Kevin Rudd replacing Julia Gillard as leader of the Labor Party and 31% disapprove.
77% of Labor voters approve and 13% disapprove.
63% of men approve and 27% disapprove compared to 46% of women approve and 36% disapprove.

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Labor
47%
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