Better Prime Minister, 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 |
July 2014 |
Aug 2014 |
Sep 2014 |
|
| Tony Abbott |
38% |
7% |
85% |
12% |
29% |
41% |
39% |
36% |
34% |
37% |
35% |
||
| Bill Shorten |
32% |
63% |
2% |
56% |
30% |
22% |
33% |
40% |
37% |
36% |
36% |
||
| Don’t know |
30% |
29% |
13% |
32% |
41% |
37% |
28% |
24% |
29% |
27% |
30% |
38% (up 3% since September) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 32% (down 4%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister. This is Tony Abbott’s best figure since April.
Men prefer Tony Abbott 41% to 33% and women prefer Tony Abbott 36% to 30%.
Better Prime Minister, Bill Shorten, Tony abbot
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 |
11 Mar |
11 June |
8 July |
12 Aug |
|
| Tony Abbott |
35% |
5% |
82% |
9% |
22% |
41% |
39% |
36% |
34% |
37% |
||
| Bill Shorten |
36% |
69% |
5% |
60% |
33% |
22% |
33% |
40% |
37% |
36% |
||
| Don’t know |
30% |
26% |
13% |
32% |
45% |
37% |
28% |
24% |
29% |
27% |
35% (down 2% since August) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 36% (no change) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.
Men prefer Tony Abbott 39% to 36% and women prefer Bill Shorten 35% to 30%.
Better Prime Minister, Bill Shorten as Prime Minister, Tony Abbott as 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 |
14 Jan |
11 Feb |
11 Mar |
8 April |
13 May |
11 June |
8 July |
|
| Tony Abbott |
37% |
6% |
84% |
6% |
22% |
41% |
42% |
40% |
39% |
42% |
36% |
36% |
34% |
||
| Bill Shorten |
36% |
73% |
2% |
55% |
31% |
22% |
31% |
30% |
33% |
32% |
37% |
40% |
37% |
||
| Don’t know |
27% |
22% |
14% |
39% |
47% |
37% |
27% |
31% |
28% |
26% |
28% |
24% |
29% |
37% (up 3% since July) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 36% (down 1%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.
Men prefer Tony Abbott 42% to 35% and women prefer Bill Shorten 36% to 33%.
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 |
14 Jan 2014 |
11 Feb |
11 Mar |
8 April |
13 May |
11 June |
|
| Tony Abbott |
34% |
4% |
79% |
2% |
31% |
41% |
42% |
40% |
39% |
42% |
36% |
36% |
||
| Bill Shorten |
37% |
73% |
5% |
66% |
17% |
22% |
31% |
30% |
33% |
32% |
37% |
40% |
||
| Don’t know |
29% |
23% |
16% |
32% |
52% |
37% |
27% |
31% |
28% |
26% |
28% |
24% |
37% (down 3% since June) of respondents think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister and 34% (down 2%) think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister.
Men prefer Bill Shorten 38% to 37% and women prefer Bill Shorten 35% to 31%.
Better Prime Minister, Bill Shorten, tony abbott
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 |
10 Dec |
14 Jan 2014 |
11 Feb |
11 Mar |
8 April |
13 May |
|
| Tony Abbott |
36% |
7% |
81% |
6% |
31% |
41% |
43% |
42% |
40% |
39% |
42% |
36% |
|
| Bill Shorten |
40% |
75% |
6% |
72% |
28% |
22% |
33% |
31% |
30% |
33% |
32% |
37% |
|
| Don’t know |
24% |
18% |
14% |
22% |
41% |
37% |
24% |
27% |
31% |
28% |
26% |
28% |
40% (up 3% since May) of respondents think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister and 36% (no change) think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister.
Men prefer Bill Shorten 39% to 37% and women prefer Bill Shorten 42% to 34%.
Better PM, Better Prime Minister, Bill Shorten, tony abbott
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).
Better PM, Better Prime Minister, Bill Shorten, tony abbott
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.
Anthony Albanese, Better PM, Better Prime Minister, Bill Shorten, tony abbott
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Anthony Albanese?
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 |
|
| Tony Abbott |
37% |
7% |
74% |
11% |
|
| Anthony Albanese |
31% |
58% |
5% |
51% |
|
| Don’t know |
33% |
35% |
21% |
38% |
|
| Tony Abbott |
37% |
7% |
75% |
2% |
|
| Bill Shorten |
32% |
58% |
6% |
55% |
|
| Don’t know |
32% |
35% |
19% |
43% |
Tony Abbott is preferred to Anthony Albanese as Prime Minister by 37% to 31% and to Bill Shorten by 37% to 32%.
Among Labor voters both Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese are preferred 58% to 7%.
In comparison, immediately after the 2010 election Julia Gillard was preferred over Tony Abbott by 47% to 35%.