17 September 2012, 170912, arrogant, hard-working, intelligent, Tony Abbott attributes
Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott?
|
5 Jul 10 |
4 Oct 10 |
7 Feb 11 |
27 Jun 11 |
2 Apr 12 |
17 Sept 12 |
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%).
17 September 2012, 170912, aggressive, arrogant, erratic, hard-working, intelligent, intolerant, Julia Gillard, superficial, tony abbott, trustworthy, visionary
|
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).