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  • Apr, 2016

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    Better Prime Minister

    Q: Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten?

     
    Total
     
    Vote Labor
    Vote Lib/Nat
    Vote Greens
    Vote other
     
    Sep 2015
    Oct 2015
    Nov 2015
    Dec 2015
    Jan 2016
    Feb 2016
    Mar 2016
    Malcolm Turnbull 44% 17% 79% 31% 37% 53% 48% 55% 54% 51% 52% 48%
    Bill Shorten 22% 52% 3% 40% 10% 17% 19% 14% 15% 18% 15% 19%
    Don’t know 34% 31% 18% 29% 53% 30% 33% 31% 31% 31% 33% 33%

    44% (down 4%) of respondents think Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister and 22% (up 3%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.

    49% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 22% prefer Bill Shorten.

    39% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 23% prefer Bill Shorten.

  • Aug, 2015

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    Better Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten? 

      Total   Vote Lab Vote Lib/
    Nat
    Vote Grn Vote Other   Oct 2013 June 2014 Mar 2015 Apr 2015 May 2015 Jun 2015 Jul 2015
    Tony Abbott 36% 9% 83% 3% 24% 41% 36% 33% 32% 35% 38% 37%
    Bill Shorten 32% 68% 4% 58% 15% 22% 40% 37% 35% 32% 33% 30%
    Don’t know 31% 23% 14% 40% 61% 37% 24% 30% 33% 33% 29% 33%

    36% (down 1% since July) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 32% (up 2%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.

    37% of men prefer Tony Abbott and 33% prefer Bill Shorten – and women prefer Tony Abbott 36% to 32%.

  • Dec, 2014

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    Better Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote Other

     

    Oct 2013

    Mar 2014

    June 2014

    Sep 2014

    Oct 2014

    Nov 2014

    Tony Abbott

    31%

    4%

    74%

    3%

    22%

    41%

    39%

    36%

    35%

    38%

    36%

    Bill Shorten

    36%

    73%

    6%

    62%

    24%

    22%

    33%

    40%

    36%

    32%

    34%

    Don’t know

    33%

    23%

    20%

    34%

    54%

    37%

    28%

    24%

    30%

    30%

    29%

    31% (down 5% since November) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 36% (up 2%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.

    35% of men prefer Tony Abbott and 35% prefer Bill Shorten – and women prefer Bill Shorten 37% to 27%.

  • May, 2014

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    Better Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote Other

    22 Oct 2013

    12 Nov

    14 Jan 2014

    11 Feb

    8 April

    Tony Abbott

    36%

    4%

    81%

    4%

    23%

    41%

    42%

    42%

    40%

    42%

    Bill Shorten

    37%

    74%

    3%

    60%

    35%

    22%

    27%

    31%

    30%

    32%

    Don’t know

    28%

    22%

    16%

    36%

    42%

    37%

    31%

    27%

    31%

    26%

    37% of Australians believe Bill Shorten would make a better Prime Minister than Tony Abbott. This is just 1% more than selected Tony Abbott (36%).

    28% don’t know who would make a better Prime Minister.

    Since this question was last asked in April 2014, Tony Abbott has dropped -6% as preferred Prime Minister (down from 42%) and Bill Shorten has gained +5% (up from 32%).

    Males (38%) were slightly more likely than females (34%) to select Tony Abbott. There was no difference between the genders in their preference from Bill Shorten, with 37% of males and 36% of females selecting him. Females (30%) were more likely than males (25%) to select ‘don’t know’.

    Those aged 55+ (51%) were more likely than those aged under 30 (26%) or 30-55 (32%) to select Tony Abbott.

    Those aged 30-55 (42%) were more likely than those aged under 30 (31%) or 55+ 30%) to select Bill Shorten. A very large number of those aged under 30 selected don’t know (44%).

    Those in NSW (42%) were far more likely than those in QLD (28%) or VIC (34%) to select Tony Abbott.

    Those in QLD (44%) were more likely to select Bill Shorten (just 34% of those in NSW and 35% of those in VIC selected Bill Shorten).

  • Apr, 2014

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    Better Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other/

    indep-endent

     

    22 Oct 2013

    12 Nov

    14 Jan 2014

    11 Feb

    11 Mar

    Tony Abbott

    42%

    9%

    88%

    14%

    29%

    41%

    42%

    42%

    40%

    39%

    Bill Shorten

    32%

    67%

    3%

    54%

    23%

    22%

    27%

    31%

    30%

    33%

    Don’t know

    26%

    25%

    8%

    31%

    49%

    37%

    31%

    27%

    31%

    28%

    42%  (up 3%) think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 32% (down 1%) favour Bill Shorten. 26% could not make a choice.

    Tony Abbott is favoured 47%/29% among men and 37%/34% among women.

  • Mar, 2014

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    Better Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other/

    indep-endent

    22 Oct 2013

    12 Nov

    10 Dec

    14 Jan 2014

    11 Feb

    Tony Abbott

    39%

    6%

    83%

    12%

    28%

    41%

    42%

    43%

    42%

    40%

    Bill Shorten

    33%

    67%

    2%

    58%

    30%

    22%

    27%

    33%

    31%

    30%

    Don’t know

    28%

    27%

    15%

    29%

    42%

    37%

    31%

    24%

    27%

    31%

    39%  (down 1%) think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 33% (up 3%) favour Bill Shorten. 28% could not make a choice.

    Tony Abbott is favoured 41%/35% among men and 36%/31% among women.

  • Feb, 2014

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    Better Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other/

    indep-endent

     

    22 Oct 2013

    12 Nov

    10 Dec

    14 Jan 2014

    Tony Abbott

    40%

    9%

    83%

    14%

    17%

    41%

    42%

    43%

    42%

    Bill Shorten

    30%

    64%

    1%

    50%

    22%

    22%

    27%

    33%

    31%

    Don’t know

    31%

    26%

    16%

    36%

    60%

    37%

    31%

    24%

    27%

    40%  (down 2%) think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 30% (down 1%) favour Bill Shorten. 31% (up 4%) could not make a choice.

    Tony Abbott is favoured 43%/29% among men and 36%/30% among women.

  • Jan, 2014

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    Better Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other/

    indep-endent

     

    22 Oct

    12 Nov

    10 Dec

    Tony Abbott

    42%

    11%

    84%

    7%

    28%

    41%

    42%

    43%

    Bill Shorten

    31%

    62%

    3%

    56%

    25%

    22%

    27%

    33%

    Don’t know

    27%

    27%

    12%

    37%

    48%

    37%

    31%

    24%

    42%  (down 1%) think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 31% (down 2%) favour Bill Shorten. 27% (up 3%) could not make a choice.

    Tony Abbott is favoured 49%/30% among men and 36%/31% among women.

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