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  • Jul, 2013

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    Approval of Kevin Rudd replacing Julia Gillard

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of Kevin Rudd replacing Julia Gillard as leader of the Labor Party?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Total approve

    55%

    77%

    40%

    48%

    Total disapprove

    31%

    13%

    49%

    37%

    Strongly approve

    24%

    45%

    12%

    8%

    Approve

    31%

    32%

    28%

    40%

    Disapprove

    15%

    8%

    22%

    23%

    Strongly disapprove

    16%

    5%

    27%

    14%

    Don’t know

    14%

    10%

    12%

    16%

    55% approve Kevin Rudd replacing Julia Gillard as leader of the Labor Party and 31% disapprove.

    77% of Labor voters approve and 13% disapprove.

    63% of men approve and 27% disapprove compared to 46% of women approve and 36% disapprove.

  • 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).

  • Jun, 2013

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    Better Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott?

     

    5
    Jul
    10

    14 June
    11

    12 Dec

    12 Jun 12

    10 Dec

    14 Jan 13

    11 Feb

    11 Mar

    15 Apr

    13 May

    Total
    11 Jun

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib

    Vote Greens

    Julia Gillard

    53%

    41%

    39%

    37%

    43%

    42%

    39%

    39%

    37%

    39%

    39%

    82%

    4%

    73%

    Tony Abbott

    26%

    36%

    35%

    37%

    34%

    33%

    37%

    39%

    39%

    41%

    40%

    5%

    84%

    7%

    Don’t know

    21%

    24%

    26%

    26%

    23%

    24%

    24%

    22%

    24%

    20%

    21%

    13%

    12%

    20%

    39% (no change) believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 40% (down 1%) prefer Tony Abbott.

    Men prefer Tony Abbott 43%/35% and women prefer Julia Gillard 42%/38%.

  • May, 2013

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    Better Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott?

     

    5 Jul 2010

    14 June

    2011

    12 Dec

    12 Jun 2012

    10 Dec

    14 Jan 2013

    11 Feb

    11 Mar

    15 Apr

    13 May

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Julia Gillard

    53%

    41%

    39%

    37%

    43%

    42%

    39%

    39%

    37%

    39%

    86%

    2%

    76%

    Tony Abbott

    26%

    36%

    35%

    37%

    34%

    33%

    37%

    39%

    39%

    41%

    3%

    84%

    2%

    Don’t know

    21%

    24%

    26%

    26%

    23%

    24%

    24%

    22%

    24%

    20%

    11%

    13%

    22%

    39% (up 2%) believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 41% (up 2%) prefer Tony Abbott.

    Men prefer Tony Abbott 44%/35% and women prefer Julia Gillard 43%/38%.

  • Apr, 2013

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    Better Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott?

     

    5
    Jul
    10

    14 June

    12 Dec

    12 Mar 12

    12 Jun

    10 Sept

    10 Dec

    14
    Jan
    13

    11 Feb

    11 Mar

    15
    Apr

    Vote ALP

    Vote Lib

    Vote Greens

    Julia Gillard

    53%

    41%

    39%

    40%

    37%

    40%

    43%

    42%

    39%

    39%

    37%

    81%

    6%

    62%

    Tony Abbott

    26%

    36%

    35%

    37%

    37%

    37%

    34%

    33%

    37%

    39%

    39%

    6%

    78%

    6%

    Don’t know

    21%

    24%

    26%

    23%

    26%

    24%

    23%

    24%

    24%

    22%

    24%

    13%

    16%

    32%

    37% (down 2%) believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 39% (no change) prefer Tony Abbott. This is the first time since August 2012 that Tony Abbott has been preferred over Julia Gillard.

    Men prefer Tony Abbott 42%/36% and women prefer Julia Gillard 38%/36%.

  • 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%).

  • Mar, 2013

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    Main reason for voting Liberal/National

    Q. Which of the following is the main reason you would vote for the Liberal or National Party if there was an election today?

    I always vote for the Liberal or National Party

    21%

    The Labor Party has been a poor Government

    34%

    The Liberal and National Parties would be a good Government

    12%

    I don’t want Julia Gillard as Prime Minister

    17%

    The Liberal/National Parties have better policies than the Labor Party

    9%

    I would be personally better off under a Liberal/National Government

    6%

    Other reason

    1%

    Don’t know

    *

    One third say they would vote Liberal/National because the Labor Party has been a poor Government. 21% say they always vote Liberal/National and 17% don’t want Julia Gillard as Prime Minister.

    40% of men and 27% of women say the Labor Party has been a poor Government.

  • Mar, 2013

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    Better Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott?

     

    5
    Jul 10

    14 Mar 11

    14 Jun

    12 Sept

    12 Dec

    12 Mar 12

    12 Jun

    10 Sep

    10 Dec

    14 Jan 13

    11 Feb

    11 Mar

    Vote
    ALP 

    Vote Lib

    Vote Gre
    ens

    Julia Gillard

    53%

    44%

    41%

    36%

    39%

    40%

    37%

    40%

    43%

    42%

    39%

    39%

    84%

    6%

    71%

    Tony Abbott

    26%

    33%

    36%

    40%

    35%

    37%

    37%

    37%

    34%

    33%

    37%

    39%

    2%

    80%

    3%

    Don’t know

    21%

    23%

    24%

    24%

    26%

    23%

    26%

    24%

    23%

    24%

    24%

    22%

    14%

    13%

    25%

    39% (no change) believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 39% (up 2%) prefer Tony Abbott.

    Men prefer Tony Abbott 41%/36% and women prefer Julia Gillard 42%/37%.

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