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  • Sep, 2012

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    Leader Attributes – Tony Abbott

    Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott?

     

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    Change

    Intelligent

    70%

    71%

    64%

    61%

    56%

    62%

    +6%

    Hard-working

    76%

    78%

    72%

    75%

    68%

    67%

    -1%

    A capable leader

    47%

    52%

    48%

    45%

    41%

    37%

    -4%

    Arrogant

    59%

    60%

    58%

    60%

    61%

    63%

    +2%

    Out of touch with ordinary people

    57%

    53%

    54%

    57%

    54%

    57%

    +3%

    Understands the problems facing Australia

    50%

    53%

    50%

    48%

    49%

    43%

    -6%

    Visionary

    32%

    31%

    27%

    27%

    26%

    29%

    +3%

    Superficial

    45%

    49%

    49%

    51%

    +2%

    Good in a crisis

    40%

    42%

    41%

    40%

    36%

    35%

    -1%

    Narrow-minded

    56%

    53%

    51%

    54%

    54%

    59%

    +5%

    More honest than most politicians

    33%

    32%

    31%

    32%

    30%

    27%

    -3%

    Trustworthy

    33%

    35%

    34%

    32%

    32%

    30%

    -2%

    Intolerant

    53%

    Aggressive

    59%

    Erratic

    51%

    Abbott’s key attributes were hard-working (67%), intelligent (62%) and arrogant (63%).

    The biggest shifts in the leader attributes for Abbott were on intelligent (+6%), understandings the problems facing Australia (-6%), narrow minded (+5%) and a capable leader (-4%).

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    Leader Attributes – Comparisons

     

    Gillard

    Abbott

    Difference

    Intelligent

    68%

    62%

    +6%

    Hard-working

    69%

    67%

    +2%

    A capable leader

    43%

    37%

    +6%

    Arrogant

    46%

    63%

    -17%

    Out of touch with ordinary people

    56%

    57%

    -1%

    Understands the problems facing Australia

    43%

    43%

    Visionary

    31%

    29%

    +2%

    Superficial

    46%

    51%

    -5%

    Good in a crisis

    43%

    35%

    +8%

    Narrow-minded

    46%

    59%

    -13%

    More honest than most politicians

    31%

    27%

    +4%

    Trustworthy

    30%

    30%

    Intolerant

    37%

    53%

    -16%

    Aggressive

    42%

    59%

    -17%

    Erratic

    43%

    51%

    -8%

    Compared to Abbott, Gillard is seen as more intelligent (+6%), a more capable leader (+6%) and good in a crisis (+8%).

    Abbott is regarded by significantly more respondents to be arrogant (+17%), narrow minded (+13%), intolerant (+16%) and aggressive (+17%).

    Since the last time the question was polled, Gillard has narrowed the gap on ‘out of touch with ordinary people’ (moving from +11% in April compared to Abbott to -1% this week) as well as ‘understands the problem facing Australia’ (-8% in April 2012 to equal with Abbott this month).

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