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    Leader attributes – Julia Gillard

    Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard?

     

    5 Jul 10

    27 Jun 11

    2 Apr 12

    14 Jan 13

    2 Apr 13

     

    23 Jun 13

    Change

    Hard-working

    89%

    75%

    65%

    72%

    66%

    71%

    +5

    Intelligent

    87%

    73%

    61%

    72%

    69%

    69%

    Out of touch with ordinary people

    35%

    60%

    65%

    53%

    64%

    57%

    -7

    Superficial

    52%

    54%

    46%

    55%

    49%

    -6

    Arrogant

    37%

    48%

    53%

    47%

    55%

    48%

    -7

    Erratic

    40%

    55%

    47%

    -8

    Narrow-minded

    28%

    46%

    53%

    45%

    55%

    46%

    -9

    Aggressive

    46%

    55%

    45%

    -10

    A capable leader

    72%

    42%

    38%

    50%

    37%

    44%

    +7

    Understands the problems facing Australia

    68%

    44%

    41%

    47%

    37%

    42%

    +5

    Good in a crisis

    61%

    41%

    36%

    50%

    44%

    41%

    -3

    Intolerant

    37%

    49%

    39%

    -10

    Visionary

    48%

    26%

    25%

    29%

    30%

    32%

    +2

    More honest than most politicians

    45%

    29%

    26%

    30%

    27%

    30%

    +3

    Trustworthy

    49%

    30%

    25%

    32%

    25%

    30%

    +5

    Julia Gillard’s key attributes were hard-working (71%), intelligent (69%), out of touch with ordinary people (57%), superficial (49%), arrogant (48%), and erratic (47%). Almost all positive leader attributes for Gillard moved up and the negative attributes moved down from the last time the question was polled in April.   The biggest shifts were for aggressive (-10), intolerant (-10), narrow-minded (-9), erratic (-8),  a capable leader (+7), arrogant (-7) and out of touch with ordinary people (-7).

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