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  • May, 2014

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    Leader Attributes – Bill Shorten

    Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten?

     

    29 Oct 14

    15 Apr

     

    Total

    27 May

    Change

    Intelligent

    69%

    63%

    66%

    +3

    Hard working

    65%

    60%

    66%

    +6

    Understands the problems facing Australia

    50%

    44%

    53%

    +9

    A capable leader

    49%

    42%

    51%

    +9

    Superficial

    37%

    43%

    42%

    -1

    Good in a crisis

    40%

    36%

    40%

    +4

    Out of touch with ordinary people

    42%

    44%

    39%

    -5

    Trustworthy

    34%

    32%

    36%

    +4

    Arrogant

    35%

    40%

    36%

    -4

    Narrow-minded

    31%

    39%

    35%

    -4

    More honest than most politicians

    27%

    26%

    32%

    +6

    Erratic

    30%

    37%

    32%

    -5

    Aggressive

    31%

    31%

    32%

    +1

    Visionary

    33%

    28%

    30%

    +2

    Intolerant

    30%

    32%

    29%

    -3

    Bill Shorten’s key attributes were intelligent (66%), hard working (66%), understands the problems facing Australia (53%) and a capable leader (51%).

    Since April, the largest shifts have been for a capable leader (+9), understands the problems facing Australia (+9), hard working (+6) and more honest than most politicians (+6).

  • Apr, 2014

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    Leader Attributes – Bill Shorten

    Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten?

     

    29 Oct 14

     

    Total

    15 Apr

    Change

    Intelligent

    69%

    63%

    -6

    Hard working

    65%

    60%

    -5

    Understands the problems facing Australia

    50%

    44%

    -6

    Out of touch with ordinary people

    42%

    44%

    +2

    Superficial

    37%

    43%

    +6

    A capable leader

    49%

    42%

    -7

    Arrogant

    35%

    40%

    +5

    Narrow-minded

    31%

    39%

    +8

    Erratic

    30%

    37%

    +7

    Good in a crisis

    40%

    36%

    -4

    Trustworthy

    34%

    32%

    -2

    Intolerant

    30%

    32%

    +2

    Aggressive

    31%

    31%

    Visionary

    33%

    28%

    -5

    More honest than most politicians

    27%

    26%

    -1

    Bill Shorten’s key attributes were intelligent (63%), hard working (60%), understands the problems facing Australia (44%) and out of touch with ordinary people (44%). Since October, the largest shifts have been for narrow-minded (+8), a capable leader (-7), erratic (+7), intelligent (-6), understands the problems facing Australia (-6) and superficial (+6).

  • Jun, 2013

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    Leader attributes – comparisons

     

    Gillard

    Abbott

     

    Difference

    Intelligent

    69%

    62%

    +7

    Out of touch with ordinary people

    57%

    52%

    +5

    Good in a crisis

    41%

    38%

    +3

    Hard-working

    71%

    68%

    +3

    Visionary

    32%

    30%

    +2

    More honest than most politicians

    30%

    29%

    +1

    Superficial

    49%

    49%

    Erratic

    47%

    47%

    A capable leader

    44%

    44%

    Trustworthy

    30%

    31%

    -1

    Understands the problems facing Australia

    42%

    44%

    -2

    Aggressive

    45%

    51%

    -6

    Narrow-minded

    46%

    55%

    -9

    Intolerant

    39%

    48%

    -9

    Arrogant

    48%

    59%

    -9

    Compared to Tony Abbott, Julia Gillard is more likely to be considered intelligent (+7) and out of touch with ordinary people (+5).

    Tony Abbott is regarded by more respondents to be arrogant (-9), intolerant (-9), narrow-minded (-9) and aggressive (-6).

  • Apr, 2013

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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

    4
    Oct
    10

    7
    Feb
    11

    27
    Jun
    11

    2
    Apr
    12

    17
    Sept
    12

    14
    Jan
    13

    2
    Apr
    13

    Change

    Intelligent

    87%

    81%

    75%

    73%

    61%

    68%

    72%

    69%

    -3%

    Hard-working

    89%

    82%

    76%

    75%

    65%

    69%

    72%

    66%

    -6%

    Out of touch with ordinary people

    35%

    44%

    50%

    60%

    65%

    56%

    53%

    64%

    +11%

    Arrogant

    37%

    39%

    44%

    48%

    53%

    46%

    47%

    55%

    +8%

    Superficial

    51%

    52%

    54%

    46%

    46%

    55%

    +9%

    Narrow-minded

    28%

    35%

    43%

    46%

    53%

    46%

    45%

    55%

    +10%

    Aggressive

    42%

    46%

    55%

    +9%

    Erratic

    43%

    40%

    55%

    +15%

    Intolerant

    37%

    37%

    49%

    +12%

    Good in a crisis

    61%

    46%

    46%

    41%

    36%

    43%

    50%

    44%

    -6%

    A capable leader

    72%

    59%

    52%

    42%

    38%

    43%

    50%

    37%

    -13%

    Understands the problems facing Australia

    68%

    55%

    52%

    44%

    41%

    43%

    47%

    37%

    -10%

    Visionary

    48%

    38%

    30%

    26%

    25%

    31%

    29%

    30%

    +1%

    More honest than most politicians

    45%

    37%

    37%

    29%

    26%

    31%

    30%

    27%

    -3%

    Trustworthy

    49%

    42%

    40%

    30%

    25%

    30%

    32%

    25%

    -7%

    Julia Gillard’s key attributes were intelligent (69%), hard-working (66%), out of touch with ordinary people (64%), arrogant (55%), superficial (55%), narrow-minded (55%), aggressive (55%) and erratic (55%).    Almost all positive leader attributes for Gillard moved down and the negative attributes moved down from the last time the question was polled in January.   The biggest shifts were for erratic (+15%), a capable leader (-13%), intolerant (+12), out of touch with ordinary people (+11%), narrow-minded (+10%) and understands the problems facing Australia (-10%).

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