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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).

  • Sep, 2013

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    Leader attributes – comparisons

     

    Rudd

    Abbott

     

    Difference

    Good in a crisis

    52%

    39%

    +13

    Intelligent

    74%

    63%

    +9

    Arrogant

    60%

    52%

    +8

    A capable leader

    54%

    46%

    +8

    Erratic

    51%

    43%

    +8

    Visionary

    42%

    35%

    +7

    Understands the problems facing Australia

    53%

    46%

    +7

    Superficial

    54%

    48%

    +6

    Aggressive

    53%

    47%

    +6

    More honest than most politicians

    35%

    34%

    +1

    Hard-working

    70%

    71%

    -1

    Intolerant

    46%

    47%

    -1

    Trustworthy

    35%

    38%

    -3

    Out of touch with ordinary people

    46%

    52%

    -6

    Narrow-minded

    38%

    55%

    -17

    Compared to Tony Abbott, Kevin Rudd is much likely to be considered good in a crisis (+13), intelligent (+9), arrogant (+8), a capable leader (+8), erratic (+8), visionary (+7) and understands the problems facing Australia (+7).

    Tony Abbott is regarded by more respondents to be narrow-minded (-17) and out of touch with ordinary people (-6).

  • Jun, 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

    27 Jun 11

    2 Apr 12

    14 Jan 13

    2 Apr 13

     

    23 Jun 13

    Change

    Hard-working

    89%

    75%

    65%

    72%

    66%

    71%

    +5

    Intelligent

    87%

    73%

    61%

    72%

    69%

    69%

    Out of touch with ordinary people

    35%

    60%

    65%

    53%

    64%

    57%

    -7

    Superficial

    52%

    54%

    46%

    55%

    49%

    -6

    Arrogant

    37%

    48%

    53%

    47%

    55%

    48%

    -7

    Erratic

    40%

    55%

    47%

    -8

    Narrow-minded

    28%

    46%

    53%

    45%

    55%

    46%

    -9

    Aggressive

    46%

    55%

    45%

    -10

    A capable leader

    72%

    42%

    38%

    50%

    37%

    44%

    +7

    Understands the problems facing Australia

    68%

    44%

    41%

    47%

    37%

    42%

    +5

    Good in a crisis

    61%

    41%

    36%

    50%

    44%

    41%

    -3

    Intolerant

    37%

    49%

    39%

    -10

    Visionary

    48%

    26%

    25%

    29%

    30%

    32%

    +2

    More honest than most politicians

    45%

    29%

    26%

    30%

    27%

    30%

    +3

    Trustworthy

    49%

    30%

    25%

    32%

    25%

    30%

    +5

    Julia Gillard’s key attributes were hard-working (71%), intelligent (69%), out of touch with ordinary people (57%), superficial (49%), arrogant (48%), and erratic (47%). Almost all positive leader attributes for Gillard moved up and the negative attributes moved down from the last time the question was polled in April.   The biggest shifts were for aggressive (-10), intolerant (-10), narrow-minded (-9), erratic (-8),  a capable leader (+7), arrogant (-7) and out of touch with ordinary people (-7).

  • 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).

  • Jan, 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

    Change

    Intelligent

    87%

    81%

    75%

    73%

    61%

    68%

    72%

    +4%

    Hard-working

    89%

    82%

    76%

    75%

    65%

    69%

    72%

    +3%

    A capable leader

    72%

    59%

    52%

    42%

    38%

    43%

    50%

    +7%

    Arrogant

    37%

    39%

    44%

    48%

    53%

    46%

    47%

    +1%

    Out of touch with ordinary people

    35%

    44%

    50%

    60%

    65%

    56%

    53%

    -3%

    Understands the problems facing Australia

    68%

    55%

    52%

    44%

    41%

    43%

    47%

    +4%

    Visionary

    48%

    38%

    30%

    26%

    25%

    31%

    29%

    -2%

    Superficial

    51%

    52%

    54%

    46%

    46%

    Good in a crisis

    61%

    46%

    46%

    41%

    36%

    43%

    50%

    +7%

    Narrow-minded

    28%

    35%

    43%

    46%

    53%

    46%

    45%

    -1%

    More honest than most politicians

    45%

    37%

    37%

    29%

    26%

    31%

    30%

    -1%

    Trustworthy

    49%

    42%

    40%

    30%

    25%

    30%

    32%

    +2%

    Intolerant

    37%

    37%

    Aggressive

    42%

    46%

    +4%

    Erratic

    43%

    40%

    -3%

    Gillard’s key attributes were hard-working (72%), intelligent (72%), out of touch with ordinary people (53%), a capable leader (50%) and good in a crisis (50%).    Almost all positive leader attributes for Gillard moved up from the last time the question was polled in September 2012.   The biggest shifts on the positive attributes were on a capable leader (+7%) and good in a crisis (+7%).

  • Jan, 2013

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    Leader Attributes – Tony Abbott

    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

    14 Jan 13

    Change

    Intelligent

    70%

    71%

    64%

    61%

    56%

    62%

    64%

    +2%

    Hard-working

    76%

    78%

    72%

    75%

    68%

    67%

    70%

    +3%

    A capable leader

    47%

    52%

    48%

    45%

    41%

    37%

    43%

    +6%

    Arrogant

    59%

    60%

    58%

    60%

    61%

    63%

    61%

    -2%

    Out of touch with ordinary people

    57%

    53%

    54%

    57%

    54%

    57%

    54%

    -3%

    Understands the problems facing Australia

    50%

    53%

    50%

    48%

    49%

    43%

    47%

    +4%

    Visionary

    32%

    31%

    27%

    27%

    26%

    29%

    28%

    -1%

    Superficial

    45%

    49%

    49%

    51%

    48%

    -3%

    Good in a crisis

    40%

    42%

    41%

    40%

    36%

    35%

    39%

    +4%

    Narrow-minded

    56%

    53%

    51%

    54%

    54%

    59%

    56%

    -3%

    More honest than most politicians

    33%

    32%

    31%

    32%

    30%

    27%

    29%

    +2%

    Trustworthy

    33%

    35%

    34%

    32%

    32%

    30%

    33%

    +3%

    Intolerant

    53%

    49%

    -4%

    Aggressive

    59%

    55%

    -4%

    Erratic

    51%

    51%

    Abbott’s key attributes were hard-working (70%), intelligent (64%), arrogant (61%), narrow-minded (56%), aggressive (55%) and out of touch with ordinary people (54%).

    Since September last year, Tony Abbott has improved his ratings a little on most positive attributes – the biggest shift being for a capable leader (+6%).

  • Jan, 2013

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    Leader attributes – comparisons

     

    Gillard

    Abbott

    Difference

    Intelligent

    72%

    64%

    +8%

    Hard-working

    72%

    70%

    +2%

    A capable leader

    50%

    43%

    +7%

    Arrogant

    47%

    61%

    -14%

    Out of touch with ordinary people

    53%

    54%

    -1%

    Understands the problems facing Australia

    47%

    47%

    Visionary

    29%

    28%

    +1%

    Superficial

    46%

    48%

    -2%

    Good in a crisis

    50%

    39%

    +11%

    Narrow-minded

    45%

    56%

    -11%

    More honest than most politicians

    30%

    29%

    +1%

    Trustworthy

    32%

    33%

    -1%

    Intolerant

    37%

    49%

    -12%

    Aggressive

    46%

    55%

    -9%

    Erratic

    40%

    51%

    -11%

    Compared to Tony Abbott, Julia Gillard is seen as more likely to be considered good in a crisis (+11%), intelligent (+8%) and a capable leader (+7%).

    Abbott is regarded by significantly more respondents to be arrogant (+14%), narrow minded (+11%), intolerant (+12%) and erratic (+11%).

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