17 September 2012, 170912, hard-working, intelligent, Julia Gillard attributes, out of touch with ordinary people, visionary
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 |
Change |
|
| Intelligent |
87% |
81% |
75% |
73% |
61% |
68% |
+7% |
| Hard-working |
89% |
82% |
76% |
75% |
65% |
69% |
+4% |
| A capable leader |
72% |
59% |
52% |
42% |
38% |
43% |
+5% |
| Arrogant |
37% |
39% |
44% |
48% |
53% |
46% |
-7% |
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
35% |
44% |
50% |
60% |
65% |
56% |
-9% |
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
68% |
55% |
52% |
44% |
41% |
43% |
+2% |
| Visionary |
48% |
38% |
30% |
26% |
25% |
31% |
+6% |
| Superficial |
|
|
51% |
52% |
54% |
46% |
-8% |
| Good in a crisis |
61% |
46% |
46% |
41% |
36% |
43% |
+7% |
| Narrow-minded |
28% |
35% |
43% |
46% |
53% |
46% |
-7% |
| More honest than most politicians |
45% |
37% |
37% |
29% |
26% |
31% |
+5% |
| Trustworthy |
49% |
42% |
40% |
30% |
25% |
30% |
+5% |
| Intolerant |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
37% |
|
| Aggressive |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
42% |
|
| Erratic |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
43% |
|
Gillard’s key attributes were hard-working (69%), intelligent (68%) and out of touch with ordinary people (56%). All positive leader attributes for Gillard moved up from the last time the question was polled in April 2012. The biggest shifts on the positive attributes were on intelligent (+7%) and visionary (+6%).
All negative attributes shifted down from April. The attributes that had the largest shifts downwards were out of touch with ordinary people (-10%) and superficial (-8%).
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).