Essential Report

Attributes of party leaders

Jun 24, 2014

Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the leader of the Greens, Christine Milne?

Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the leader of the Palmer United Party, Clive Palmer?

	Christine Milne	Clive Palmer
Intelligent	56%	52%
Hard-working	57%	52%
A capable leader	44%	33%
Understands the problems facing Australia	41%	42%
Visionary	30%	35%
Good in a crisis	31%	28%
Superficial	38%	57%
More honest than most politicians	36%	31%
Trustworthy	37%	23%
Narrow-minded	48%	55%
Arrogant	38%	70%
Out of touch with ordinary people	51%	59%
Intolerant	36%	52%
Aggressive	38%	67%
Erratic	36%	64%

Christine Milne’s key attributes were hard working, intelligent, out of touch with ordinary people and narrow minded.

Clive Palmer’s key attributes were arrogant, aggressive, erratic, out of touch with ordinary people, superficial and narrow minded.

Comparison of Leader Attributes

Apr 2, 2012

	Julia Gillard	Tony Abbott	*Difference*
Intelligent	61%	56%	+5%
Hard-working	65%	68%	-3%
A capable leader	38%	41%	-3%
Arrogant	53%	61%	-8%
Out of touch with ordinary people	65%	54%	+11%
Understands the problems facing Australia	41%	49%	-8%
Visionary	25%	26%	-1%
Superficial	54%	49%	+5%
Good in a crisis	36%	36%	–
Narrow-minded	53%	54%	-1%
More honest than most politicians	26%	30%	-4%
Trustworthy	25%	32%	-7%

Julia Gillard rates higher than Tony Abbott on out of touch with ordinary people (+11%), intelligent (+5%) and superficial (+5%).

She rates lower than Tony Abbott on arrogant (-8%), understands the problems facing Australia (-8%) and trustworthy (-7%).