The Essential Report Archive Read the latest report

  • Jan, 2010

    , , ,

    Approval of the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd

    Q. Do you strongly approve, approve, disapprove or strongly disapprove of the job Kevin Rudd is doing as Prime Minister?

      12 Jan 09 9 Feb 09 30 Mar 09 18 May 09 29 Jun 09 10 Aug 09 28 Sept 09 9 Nov 09 30 Nov 09 14 Dec 09 18 Jan 10
    Strongly approve 14% 17% 21% 14% 14% 13% 15% 14% 9% 10% 11%
    Approve 52% 50% 50% 48% 48% 47% 51% 47% 47% 47% 44%
    Disapprove 16% 15% 14% 18% 18% 17% 17% 19% 20% 20% 19%
    Strongly disapprove 6% 8% 7% 11% 9% 10% 6% 13% 15% 12% 14%
    Don’t know 11% 9% 9% 9% 11% 12% 11% 8% 10% 10% 12%
    Total approve 66% 67% 71% 62% 62% 60% 66% 61% 56% 57% 55%
    Total disapprove 22% 23% 21% 29% 29% 27% 23% 32% 35% 32% 33%

    55% of people surveyed approve of the job Kevin Rudd is doing as Prime Minister, 33% disapprove.  His approval rating has seen a slight decrease since we last asked this question in December (-2%) and his disapproval rating has increased by one percent.  Rudd’s approval rating is the lowest it has been over the year that we have been tracking this question. 

    Perception of the job Kevin Rudd is doing as Prime Minister followed party lines – Labor voters were more likely to approve of the job he is doing (91%), while Coalition voters were more likely to disapprove (74%).  20% of Coalition voters and 73% of Green voters approve of the job Rudd is doing as Prime Minister. Comments »

  • Dec, 2009

    , , , , ,

    Approval of the PM, Kevin Rudd

    Q. Do you strongly approve, approve, disapprove or strongly disapprove of the job Kevin Rudd is doing as Prime Minister?

    12 Jan 09 9 Feb 09 30 Mar 09 18 May 09 29 Jun 09 10 Aug 09 28 Sept 09 9 Nov 09 30 Nov 09 14 Dec 09
    Strongly approve 14% 17% 21% 14% 14% 13% 15% 14% 9% 10%
    Approve 52% 50% 50% 48% 48% 47% 51% 47% 47% 47%
    Disapprove 16% 15% 14% 18% 18% 17% 17% 19% 20% 20%
    Strongly disapprove 6% 8% 7% 11% 9% 10% 6% 13% 15% 12%
    Don’t know 11% 9% 9% 9% 11% 12% 11% 8% 10% 10%
    Total approve 66% 67% 71% 62% 62% 60% 66% 61% 56% 57%
    Total disapprove 22% 23% 21% 29% 29% 27% 23% 32% 35% 32%

    Kevin Rudd’s approval rating has increased slightly since we last asked this question (+1%) and his disapproval rating has decreased slightly (-3%).

    Opinion followed party lines – Labor voters were more likely to approve (92%) while Coalition voters were more likely to disapprove (74%).  18% of Coalition voters approve of the job Kevin Rudd is doing as Prime Minister.

    Comments »

  • Dec, 2009

    , , , , , , ,

    Approval of the Opposition Leader

    Q. Do you strongly approve, approve, disapprove or strongly disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader?

    Malcolm Turnbull Tony Abbott
    12 Jan 09 9 Feb 09 30 Mar 09 18 May 09 29 Jun 09 10 Aug 09 28 Sept 09 9 Nov 09 30 Nov 09 14 Dec 09
    Strongly approve 4% 3% 3% 2% 4% 2% 3% 3% 2% 7%
    Approve 37% 29% 25% 28% 20% 20% 24% 26% 23% 27%
    Disapprove 21% 26% 31% 28% 31% 30% 35% 30% 33% 18%
    Strongly disapprove 9% 17% 17% 21% 26% 28% 18% 20% 22% 18%
    Don’t know 29% 24% 24% 21% 19% 20% 21% 20% 19% 31%
    Total approve 41% 32% 28% 30% 24% 22% 27% 29% 25% 34%
    Total disapprove 30% 43% 48% 49% 57% 58% 53% 50% 55% 36%

    34% of respondents approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader, 36% disapprove and 31% don’t know.

    Perception followed party lines – Coalition voters were more likely to approve of the job Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader (65%) while Labor voters were more likely to disapprove (55%).   15% of Coalition voters disapprove of the job Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader.

    Abbott’s approval rating is nine percentage points higher than the score Turnbull received right before he was replaced as Opposition Leader.    However, Turnbull’s approval rating when he took on the leadership role in September 2009 was 36% and his disapproval rating was 30%.  This is a slightly better result than that scored by Abbott after his succession to the leadership position.

    Comments »

Error: